Triangle Altitude Illustrator and Definition Writing Prompt

Interact with the applet for a few minutes. [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] [br]Be sure to move the [b][color=#1e84cc]blue vertex[/color][/b] of the triangle around a bit as well. [br][br]Answer the questions that appear below the applet.
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Is it ever possible for a triangle's [b]altitude[/b] to lie [b][color=#9900ff]inside the triangle[/color][/b]?
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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]If so, in what kind of a triangle will this occur?
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Is it ever possible for a triangle's [b][color=#9900ff]altitude[/color][/b] to lie[b] entirely OUTSIDE the triangle[/b]?
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Given your responses to these question and what you've observed, complete the following sentence definition (without looking it up on another tab in your browser): [br][br][i]An [b][color=#9900ff]altitude[/color][/b] of a triangle is...[/i]
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