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OpenStudy (anonymous):

PLEASE HELP!!!! Given that HOT is an isosceles right triangle and O(0, 0) T(0, d) find the coordinates of H.

OpenStudy (mertsj):

Did you plot the given points?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes

OpenStudy (mertsj):

Do you see that H has to be on the y axis if the triangle is to be a right triangle?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes...

OpenStudy (mertsj):

And it is isosceles so the legs have to be the same length.

OpenStudy (mertsj):

Actually H has to be on the x axis since T is on the y axis

OpenStudy (anonymous):

but how would i know which 2 sides are congruent?

OpenStudy (mertsj):

In an isosceles right triangle, it is the 2 legs that are congruent. It is the two legs that form the right angle.

OpenStudy (mertsj):

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