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What is the orthocenter of the triangle with two altitudes given by the lines x = -1 and y = x+1

What is the orthocenter of the triangle with two altitudes given by the lines x = -1 and-example-1

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Answer: (-1,0)

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Step-by-step explanation:

A quick method is to simply look at the graph and notice the two altitudes cross at (-1,0)

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A longer method involves a bit of algebra but its not too bad

y = x+1
y = -1+1 ... plug in x = -1 (ie replace x with -1)
y = 0
So when x = -1, the value of y is y = 0
They pair up to get (x,y) = (-1,0) which confirms what the graph is showing

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