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Altitude of a triangle
Altitude of a triangle





Try to prove all these properties on your own. In an equilateral triangle, each altitude, median and angle bisector drawn from the same vertex, overlap. – If median drawn from vertex A is also the angle bisector, the triangle is isosceles such that AB = AC and BC is the base. Hence this altitude is also the angle bisector. – If altitude drawn from vertex A is also the median, the triangle is isosceles such that AB = AC and BC is the base.

altitude of a triangle

Hence this angle bisector is also the altitude. – If angle bisector of vertex A is also the median, the triangle is isosceles such that AB = AC and BC is the base. – the bisector of the angle opposite to the base is the altitude and the median. – the median drawn to the base is the altitude and the angle bisector – the altitude drawn to the base is the median and the angle bisector In an isosceles triangle (where base is the side which is not equal to any other side): We will now give you some properties which can be very useful. But in special triangles such as isosceles and equilateral, they can overlap.

altitude of a triangle

Usually, medians, angle bisectors and altitudes drawn from the same vertex of a triangle are different line segments. Median – A line segment joining a vertex of a triangle with the mid-point of the opposite side.Īngle Bisector – A line segment joining a vertex of a triangle with the opposite side such that the angle at the vertex is split into two equal parts.Īltitude – A line segment joining a vertex of a triangle with the opposite side such that the segment is perpendicular to the opposite side. Lets start by defining them: median, angle bisector and altitude.







Altitude of a triangle