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geometry senior

Problem

Points , , , and lie in the first quadrant and are the vertices of quadrilateral . The quadrilateral formed by joining the midpoints of , , , and is a square. What is the sum of the coordinates of point ?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
We already know two vertices of the square: and . There are only two possibilities for the other vertices of the square: either they are and , or they are and . The second case would give us outside the first quadrant, hence the first case is the correct one. As is the midpoint of , we can compute , and .
Final answer
C