SOLUTION: Can someone please solve these 3 coordinate geometry in the x, y plane questions for me? It would really help. E out. Preferably if you show your working out too so I can see how i

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Question 980426: Can someone please solve these 3 coordinate geometry in the x, y plane questions for me? It would really help. E out. Preferably if you show your working out too so I can see how it's done.
3) The lines EF and GH are chords of a circle. The line y=3x-24 is the perpendicular bisector of EF. Given G and H are (-2,4) and (4,10) respectively, find the coordinates of the center of the circle.
Thank you!!

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
So you'll have something to solve yourself, instead of doing it for you, 
I'll do one EXACTLY LIKE IT with the numbers changed.  You solve yours
exactly like it:

3) The lines EF and GH are chords of a circle. The line y=-4x+3 is the
perpendicular bisector of EF. Given G and H are (1,4) and (2,5) respectively,
find the coordinates of the center of the circle.
Let (h,k) be the center of the circle.  Then the equation of the circle is 

(x-h)² + (y-k)² = r²

Endpoints of a chord of a circle lie on the circle.
Therefore (1,4) and (2,5) are points on the circle, and we 
can substitute them into the equation of the circle and 
have a true equation:

(1-h)² + (4-k)² = r²
(2-h)² + (5-k)² = r²

Since both equal r², we can set them equal:

(1-h)² + (4-k)² = (2-h)² + (5-k)²

1-2h+h² + 16-8k+k² = 4-4h+h² + 25-10k+k²
17-2h-8k+h²+k² = 29-4h-10k+h²+k²
      17-2h-8k = 29-4h-10k 
         2h+2k = 12
           h+k = 6

Since we are told that the line y = -4x+3 is the perpendicular bisector
of the chord EF.  We don't need to know which chord EF is, for ANY line
that is the perpendicular bisector of ANY chord must pass through the
center of the circle. 

So the center (h,k) must lie on the line y = -4x+3, and we 
can substitute them into the equation of that line and 
have a true equation:

y = -4x+3
k = -4k+3

So we have this system of equations:

h+k=6
k = -4h+3

We use substitution:

h+(-4h+3) = 6
   h-4h+3 = 6
    -3h+3 = 6
      -3h = 3
        h = -1

k = -4(-1)+3
k = 4+3
k = 7

So the center is (h,k) = (-1,7)

Use that as a model to solve yours.

Edwin