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6. The Law of Sines and Law of Cosines
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Exercise 70 Page 679

Notice that P is on the x-axis and that the triangle is a right isosceles triangle.

N(0,2a)

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Notice that △ KJN is a right isosceles triangle, where NJ=JK.

Since N is on the y-axis, its x-coordinate is 0. Additionally, since NJ=JK and JK=2a, it must be that NJ=2a. Therefore, the y-coordinate of N is equal to 2a.