Question 864937: Find the coordinates of a point equidistant from (-2, 8) (1,-1) and (-8,-4) Please show your solution. Thank you.
Answer by richwmiller(17219)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Those points are the vertices of right isosceles triangle.
In a right triangle, the midpoint of the hypotenuse is equidistant from the three polygon vertices.
The hypotenuse is (-2, 8) to (-8,-4)
The midpont (-5, 2) it is 3sqrt(5) from each vertex
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