Slide the point labeled "slide me". [br][br]The [color=#9900ff][b]purple segment[/b][/color] that will appear is said to be an [b][color=#9900ff]ALTITUDE OF A TRIANGLE.[/color][/b] What about the diagram tells us that the purple segment is [i]in fact[/i] an altitude?
[size=150][size=200]Move the [b][color=#1e84cc]blue vertex[/color][/b] of the triangle around to discover relationships.[br][br]Answer the questions that appear below the applet. [/size][/size]
Is it ever possible for a triangle's [b]altitude[/b] to lie [b][color=#9900ff]inside the triangle[/color][/b]? I(f this is possible, slide the vertex of the applet above to show this.)
In which type of triangles is the altitude located [b][u]INSIDE[/u][/b]? Classify it using the angle measures.
Is it ever possible for a triangle's [b][color=#9900ff]altitude[/color][/b] to lie ON the triangle itself? [br]That is, can an [b][color=#9900ff]altitude[/color][/b] of a triangle [b]ever be the same as ONE SIDE of the triangle[/b]? [br][br]
In which type of triangles is the altitude located [b][u]ON [/u][/b]the triangle?Classify it using the angle measures.
Is it ever possible for a triangle's [b][color=#9900ff]altitude[/color][/b] to lie[b] entirely OUTSIDE the triangle[/b]?
In which type of triangles is the altitude located [b][u]OUTSIDE [/u][/b]the triangle?Classify it using the angle measures.
Given your responses to these questions... Fill in what you discovered into your class notes.