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In your journal: Medians and Altitudes

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1 In your journal: Medians and Altitudes
You need your journal In your journal: Medians and Altitudes

2 Median – a segment from a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side.

3 Try to balance a triangle on your pencil.

4 The point of concurrency of the medians is called the centroid.
That point where the pencil will balance is where all the medians of a triangle come together. The point of concurrency of the medians is called the centroid. (the centroid is always inside the triangle)

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8 Altitude of a triangle – the perpendicular segment from a vertex to the opposite side or to a line that contains the opposite side. (the height)

9 The point of concurrency of the altitudes in called the orthocenter.

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