Right triangle ABC is on a coordinate plane. Segment AB is on the line y = 2 and is 6 units long. Point C is on the line x = −3. If the area of ΔABC is 9 square units, then find a possible y-coordinate of point C.
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8

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The answer is 5 (FLVS)

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The possible value of y-coordinate of the point C will be 5 or -1. Option A is correct.

What is a triangle?

Triangle is a shape made of three sides in a two-dimensional plane. the sum of the three angles is 180 degrees.

Right triangle ABC is on a coordinate plane. Segment AB is on the line y = 2 and is 6 units long. Point C is on the line x=−3.

The area of triangle  ABC is 9 square units.

AB is on the line y=2 which is parallel to the x-axis. So, AB will be parallel to the x-axis.

Point C is on the line which is parallel to the y-axis. So, side BC or AC will be parallel to the y-axis.

AB will be perpendicular to the other side containing point C (BC or AC). From this, the y-coordinate of point C should be such that the length of the side or leg containing C should justify the area of the triangle.

The length of the other legs of the triangle should be,

BC or AC = 9  / 3 = 3

The y-coordinate of the point C can be,

2 ± 3 = 5 or -1

Therefore, the possible value of the y-coordinate of point C will be 5 or -1.

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