Geometry triangle's circumcenter challenge: Finding the GPS of a circumcenter between 3 cities on the map.

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anonymous · Answer

So my Geometry teacher gave me 3 cities: Boise in Idaho, Helena in Montana, and Salt Lake City in Utah. I connected the 3 cities to make a triangle. From that I find out the midpoints of it and find the circumcenter. Now he wants me to find the GPS of that point which is the circumcenter. Any idea?

anonymous · Answer

I looked up the air distance between 3 cities and I got from Boise to Helena is 290.09 miles. From Boise to Salt Lake City is 296.87 miles and from Salt Lake City to Helena is 403.67 miles (hypotenuse)

anonymous · Answer

The circumcenter point I found was a little bit above Idaho Falls. But Idk how to find the exact location of it to achieve the GPS coordinates

austinl · Answer

http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-pinpoint-the-center-of-a-triangle.html If this doesn't help, tag me.

anonymous · Answer

Actually that does help I'm gonna try to figure that out right now!