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Download Solution PDFA triangle with vertices (4, 0), (-1, -1) and (3, 5) is:
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Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFConcept:
Distance between two points:
The distance between any two points \(\rm (x_1, y_1)\) and \(\rm(x_2, y_2)\) is given by the distance formula as follows: \(d = \sqrt {(x_2 - x_1)^2 + (y_2 - y_1)^2}\)
Inverse of the Pythagorean theorem:
If a triangle with sides a, b and c satisfies the equation \(\rm c^2=a^2+b^2\) where is the longest side, then the triangle is always right angled triangle.
Calculation:
First we will calculate the distance between all pairs of points from the given pairs.
First consider the points (4, 0) and (-1, -1).
The distance is given as follows:
\(\rm d_1 = \sqrt{(4-(-1))^2+(0-(-1))^2}\\ = \sqrt{25+1}\\ =\sqrt{26} \)
Now consider the pair (-1, -1) and (3, 5).
The distance is given as follows:
\(\rm d_2 = \sqrt{(3-(-1))^2+(5-(-1))^2}\\= \sqrt{16+36}\\= 2\sqrt {13}\)
Now consider the pair (4, 0) and (3, 5).
The distance is given as follows:
\(\begin{align*} d_3 &= \sqrt{(3-(4))^2+(5-(0))^2}\\ &= \sqrt{1+25}\\ &=\sqrt{26} \end{align*}\)
Therefore, two distances are equal thus, the triangle is isosceles.
The greatest side is of length \(2\sqrt{13}\).
As we can see that, d22 = d12 + d32
Therefore, by using inverse of the Pythagorean theorem, we conclude that the triangle is right-angled.
Hence, option 1 is correct
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