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Old May 19th, 2008, 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by tehc0ffee View Post
Heres the problem : Given triangle RST, with R= (-3,2), S=(4,5) , T= (7,-2), find the cords of the orthocenter.

I have no idea what to do, my teacher gave this to us and im confused..

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Woah, I am on the exact same problem right now.

Page 664, no? O_o

Find the length of each side, and then find the altitudes to those sides from the vertex of the opposite sides. The point where the altitudes concur is the orthocenter.
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