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people of earth i would really appreciate if you answer this please asap answer.........vertices of a right angle are (0,1) and (0,6). The area of the triangle is 10 square units. Which point could be the third vertex of the triangle?

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The leg between the given vertices is 6-1=5 units long. The other leg is
.. A = (1/2)bh . . . . . formula for area of a triangle
.. 10 = (1/2)b*5 . . . . substitute the given information
.. 4 = b . . . . . . . . . . .the other leg is 4 units long.

The third vertex can be any of (-4, 1), (-4, 6), (4, 1), (4, 6).

We presume one of these is on your list of answer coices.
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