Question

what is the different betewen altitudes and meadians

Answer 1

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At this stage in the course there are three special lines in atriangle that you need to know about:medians, altitudes and perpendicular bisectors. A median joins a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side. The diagram shows all three medianswhich are concurrent at a point called the centroid.

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Answer 2

A median joins a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side
An altitude passes through a vertex and is at right-angles to the opposite side.