Question 1179020: What is the midpoint of the longest side of the triangle with vertices (3, 1), (5, 1), and(5, 5)? A.(4, 1) B.(5, 1) C.(4, 3) D.(3, 5)
Answer by ikleyn(52879)   (Show Source):
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What is the midpoint of the longest side of the triangle with vertices X = (3, 1), Y = (5, 1), and Z = (5, 5)?
A.(4, 1)
B.(5, 1)
C.(4, 3)
D.(3, 5)
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Side XY is horizontal.
Side YZ is vertical.
So, we have the right angled triangle.
Its hypotenuse XZ is the longest side.
Its midpoint is (4,3). ANSWER
Solved.
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