2007 AMC 12A Problem 19
Problem 19 of 25HarderGeometry
Triangles and have areas and respectively, with and What is the sum of all possible -coordinates of
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The altitude from in satisfies so Thus lies on or
Line has equation The condition on similarly places on one of two lines parallel to
The four possible positions of are the vertices of a parallelogram whose center is the intersection of with line namely Hence the sum of the four -coordinates is
Thus, the correct answer is E.