orthocenter

i need to find the orthocenter of a triangle
the cooridinates are:
X = 55, 51
Y= 10 , 4
Z = 49, 95

and if you can, can you show work

Thank You very much for your help (Rofl)

Orthocentre

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i need to find the orthocenter of a triangle
the cooridinates are:
X = 55, 51
Y= 10 , 4
Z = 49, 95

and if you can, can you show work

Thank You very much for your help (Rofl)

Suppose that the orthocentre, O, has coordinates $(a, b)$ . Then we use the fact that the line joining the orthocentre to any vertex is perpendicular to the opposite side. So:

Gradient of OX = $\frac{b-51}{a-55}$

Gradient of YZ = $\frac{91}{39}$

So the product of these gradients is $-1$ ; i.e.

$\frac{91}{39}\times\frac{b-51}{a-55}= -1$ (1)

In a similar way, using OZ and XY, we get:

$\frac{47}{45}\times\frac{b-95}{a-49} = -1$ (2)

Now solve the simultaneous equations (1) and (2) to find $a$ and $b$ . (Horrible numbers!) I make this:

$a = \frac{382}{3}$ and $b = 20$

I think you should check my working!

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