SOLUTION: a flag is shaped like an isosceles triangle. A designer would like to make a drawing of the flag on a coordinate plane. She positions it so that the base of the triangle is on the

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Question 1013171: a flag is shaped like an isosceles triangle. A designer would like to make a drawing of the flag on a coordinate plane. She positions it so that the base of the triangle is on the base of the triangle is on the y axis with one endpoint located at (0,0). She locates the tip of the flag at(a,b/2). What are the. Coordinates of the third vertex?
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Since the base of the triangle is on the y-axis, you know the x-coordinate of the other vertex will be zero. The tip, being in the center at a height of b/2, is halfway up to the other vertex. Thus the third vertex has coordinates of (0, b).