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Find the circumcenter of the triangle whose vertices are (–2, 3), (2, –1) and (4, 0).

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Let A = (–2, 3)

B = (2, –1)

C = (4, 0)

Let s (α, β) be the circum center of the ∆ABC

Then SA = SB = SC SA = SB

⇒ SA2 = SB2

⇒ (α + 2)2 + (β – 3)2 = (α – 2)2 + (β + 1)2

⇒ α2 – 4α + 4 + β2 + 6β + 9 = α2 – 4α + 4 + β2 + 2β + 1

⇒ 8α – 8β + 8 = 0

⇒ α – β + 1 = 0 ——— (1)

SB = SC

⇒ SB2 = SC2

⇒ (α – 2)2 + (β + 1)2 = (α – 4)2 + (β – 0)2

⇒ α2 – 4α + 4 + β2 + 2β + 1 = α2 – 8α + 16 + β2

⇒ 4α + 2β – 11 = 0 ——— (2)

Solving (1) & (2)

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