SOLUTION: A company repairs photocopiers in Harbury, Gaspar, and Knowlton. Draw a sketch to show where the company should locate its office so that it is the same distance from each city. Ju

Question 1148650: A company repairs photocopiers in Harbury, Gaspar, and Knowlton. Draw a sketch to show where the company should locate its office so that it is the same distance from each city. Justify your sketch.
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A company repairs photocopiers in Harbury, Gaspar, and Knowlton. Draw a sketch to show where the company should locate its office so that it is the same distance from each city. Justify your sketch.
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Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Sketch the triangle with three its vertices at the given points.

Construct the circle circumscribed around this triangle.

The center of this circle is the point you are looking for.

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The center of this circle is the common intersection point of three PERPENDICULAR BISECTORS to the sides of the triangle.

This point is EQUALLY REMOTED from the three triangle's vertices.

See the lesson
    - Perpendicular bisectors of a triangle sides are concurrent
in this site.

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