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I'm going to have to rethink this. I'm not sure how to explain better, probably because my understanding is so fragile. Thank you for your comments and I will attempt to come back later with something better.


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Background

I'm working on a project and am trying to find the $(x,y)$ of a third point on a triangle. I've pretty much worked out how to do this, but I come up with four potential answers:
$\left(+x,+y\right)$
$\left(+x,-y\right)$
$\left(-x,+y\right)$
$\left(-x,-y\right)$

In the below image link, I've drawn an example (pardon the poor quality). In this image, I have 5 points: $P_1$ to $P_5$, where $P_4$ is off the image in the direction of the line and $P_5$ is the point I am trying to find.

Imgur Image Link

Some constants:

  • This is 2 dimensional for my purposes
  • The layout can fall at any angle or rotation but,
    • $P_1$ is always $(0,0)$
    • $P_5$ is always in line with $P_3$ and $P_4$
    • $P_5$ will fall opposite of $P_3$ from $P_4$ (using the image linked, the correct option would be $P_5d$)

Question

How can I test for the "correct" one $(P_5)$ of the four answers, given that I know everything else? I'm thinking that I should be able to take the slope of the existing points and be able to calculate the answer, but I'm at a loss on where to start.

Reference threads:

Conclusion

Thank you in advance! I can provide specific calculations if desired, but not sure how much of what to put, since I don't think anyone wants my full calc list posted. (maybe? maybe not?)

Wolgwang
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Vizax
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  • It might help to explain the original problem that you’re trying to solve for which you get this constellation of points. – amd Jul 18 '17 at 21:12
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    I don't really understand what you are trying to achieve as the explanations are incomplete (for instance, what's the role of $P_2$ ??). Anyway, it might be helpful to rotate the figure in such a way that $P_3P_4$ becomes horizontal: the problem will reduce to 1D. –  Jul 18 '17 at 21:21

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