3. Find the circumcenter of triangle ABC with A(1, 6), B(1, 4), and C(5, 4).

A: (5, 3)
B: (3, 5)
C: (7, 3)
D: (1, 7)

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3. Find the circumcenter of triangle ABC with A(1, 6), B(1, 4), and C(5, 4).

A: (5, 3)
B: (3, 5)
C: (7, 3)
D: (1, 7)

anonymous · Answer

there are a lot of steps in this, what part are you confused on? or is it everything?

anonymous · Answer

Pretty much everything in it.

anonymous · Answer

k, 
so first lets get a graph of our points..

anonymous · Answer

https://www.desmos.com/calculator/tvecio4xux

anonymous · Answer

do you see how the triangle looks like this:
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anonymous · Answer

@123drummer123

anonymous · Answer

Yeah.

anonymous · Answer

*sorry, open study isn't telling me when posts are made :/

its a right triangle.
the right triangle is a special case when concerning the circumcenter of a triangle. 
the circumcenter of a right triangle is always the mid point on the hypotenuse.

fiddlesticks7678 · Answer

poor im answering it rn