Special Points in Triangles

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Special Points in Triangles: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Centroid of a Triangle, Coordinates of Centroid in Triangle, Circumcentre and Orthocentre & Position of Special Points in Equilateral Triangle etc.

Important Questions on Special Points in Triangles

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Let PS be the median of the triangle with vertices P2,2,Q6,-1 and R7,3. The equation of the line passing through 1,-1 and parallel to PS is

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Two vertices of a triangle are  (5, 1) and (2, 3). If orthocentre of the triangle is the origin, find the coordinates of the third vertex.

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Let (α,β) be the centroid of the triangle formed by the lines 15x-y=82, 6x-5y=-4 and 9x+4y=17. Then α+2β and 2α-β are the roots of the equation

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If α, β is the orthocenter of the triangle ABC with vertices A3, 7, B1, 2 and C4, 5, then 9α-6β+60 is equal to

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Let C(α, β) be the circumcentre of the triangle formed by the lines 4x+3y=694y-3x=17, and x+7y=61. Then (α-β)2+α+β is equal to

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The orthocentre of the triangle having vertices A1,2, B3,-4 and C0,6 is

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Let in triangle ABCA=45°, B=60°, C=75° then the ratio in which the orthocentre divides the altitude AD is

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The circumcentre of the triangle formed by the points acosα,asinα, acosβ,asinβ & acosγ,asinγ is 

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A right triangle has sides 'a' and 'b' where a>b. If the right angle is bisected then find the distance between orthocentres of the smaller triangles using coordinate geometry.

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Number of right isosceles triangles that can be formed with points lying on the curve 8x3+y3+6xy=1 is

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The incentre of the triangle with vertices 1 , 3 , (0,0) and (2,0) is

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The orthocentre of the triangle with vertices 6,-1, -2,-1 and 2,5 is

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The orthocentre of the triangle with vertices -2,-6, -2,4 and 1,3 is

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If G is the centroid of a ABC and P is any other point in the plane, then PA2+PB2+PC2 is equal to

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The point that is equidistant from the vertices of the triangle is called

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If the orthocentre and the centroid of a triangle are (-3,5,2) and (3,3,4) respectively, then its circumcentre is

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The equation of the line joining the centroid with the orthocentre of the triangle formed by the points -2, 3, 2,-1, 4,0 is

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The triangle whose orthocentre, circumcentre and incentre coincide is known as

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Gravitation centre of a triangle

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In ABC, medians AD, BE and CF intersect each other at G. Prove that AD+BE>32AB.