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Difference between altitude and median

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Difference between altitude and median
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Yogita Ingle 6 years, 10 months ago

Median

  1. A line segment passing through a vertex to the midpoint of an opposite side is called a median.
  2. The point where the 3 medians meet is called the centroid of the triangle.
  3. Each median of a triangle divides the triangle into two smaller triangles which have equal area.


Altitude

  1. An altitude passing through a vertex and is at right-angle at the opposite side.
  2. The point where the 3 altitudes meet is called the ortho-center of the triangle.
  3. The altitude of a triangle may lie inside or outside the triangle.

Babji Dandu 6 years, 10 months ago

Median divides the triangle into two equal parts whereas altitude makes 90 degrees

Laxmikant Dhanka 6 years, 10 months ago

Altitude is always perpendicular or inclined at right angle but median is a line which divide aline in ratio 1:1
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