Monday, February 22, 2010

Orthocenter


The altitudes of a triangle are concurrent (i.e. they meet at a single point). Their point of intersection is called the orthocenter.

The picture above shows the orthocenter of an acute triangle (click on the picture for a larger view). Where would the orthocenter be on an obtuse triangle? Where would it be on a right triangle?

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