Find the orthocenter of the triangle with vertices $(2, \frac {\sqrt {3}-1}{2})$, $(\frac {1}{2}, -\frac {1}{2})$ and $(2, -\frac {1}{2})$

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Find the orthocenter of the triangle with vertices $(2, \frac {\sqrt {3}-1}{2})$, $(\frac {1}{2}, -\frac {1}{2})$ and $(2, -\frac {1}{2})$

As orthocentre is the point of intersection of the perpendiculars drawn from vertices to the opposite sides. Thinking straight forward, we can make the equations of the sides and find the equations of perpendiculars to those sides and then finally solve those equations of perpendiculars to get the orthocentre. But this much of calculation becomes quite cumbersome for objective type of questions. Isn't there any other approach to this?

Best Answer

The last point shares its $x$-coordinate with the first point and its $y$-coordinate with the second. Therefore the triangle is right, and right triangles have their orthocentres at the right angle – $\left(2,-\frac12\right)$ here.