Thread: Circumcenter of triangles.

Find the circumcenter of a triangle with the given vertices.
1. M(-5,0), N(0,14), O(0,0)

2. O(0,0), Y(0,12), Z(6,6)

Please help!! Thanks!

Originally Posted by Christyh101

Find the circumcenter of a triangle with the given vertices.
1. M(-5,0), N(0,14), O(0,0)

2. O(0,0), Y(0,12), Z(6,6)

The circumcenter of any triangle is the point of intersection of any two perpendicular bisectors of its sides.

So find the perpendicular bisectors of .
Now where do they intersect? That is the circumcenter.