Altitudes and Orthocenter

[size=150][size=200][b][color=#cc0000]DISCOVERY[/color][/b][/size][/size]
[b][i][size=150][color=#cc0000]TASK 1[/color][br]3 colored segments with a altitudes are given. Try to connect all three segments to form a triangle. Respond to the question once you complete the task.[/size][/i][/b]
[size=150][b][color=#cc0000]Response[/color][/b][br][b][i]What have you noticed about the altitudes of the segments after a triangle has been constructed? Explain.[/i][/b][/size]
[size=150][b][color=#0000ff]========================== PART 2 ========================[/color][/b][/size]
[size=150][color=#cc0000][b]TASK 2[br][/b][/color][b]Draw All 3 Altitudes of the Triangle[/b][br][color=#cc0000][b]Step 1: [/b][/color]Use perpendicular line [icon]/images/ggb/toolbar/mode_orthogonal.png[/icon]to draw the altitudes of the triangle ([b][i]side, vertex[/i][/b]) [br][color=#cc0000][b]Step 2:[/b][/color] Use [icon]/images/ggb/toolbar/mode_tool.png[/icon]to locate the intersection of the altitudes ([b][i]vertex, vertex, vertex[/i][/b]) [/size]
[size=150][b][color=#cc0000]Response[/color][/b][br]Use the activity to describe in your own words orthocenter of a triangle. Use your own words. [/size]
[size=150][color=#cc0000][b]VOCABULARY[br][br]Orthocenter[/b][/color][br][i][b]The orthocenter is the point of concurrency of the altitudes of a triangle.[/b][/i][br]Simply, the orthocenter is the point where the altitudes of a triangle intersect. [/size]
[size=150][b][color=#0000ff]========================== PART 3 ========================[/color][/b][/size]
[size=150][b][color=#cc0000]TASK 3[/color][/b][br]Drag the [color=#ff7700][b][i]orange [/i][/b][/color]vertex across to change the type of triangle. Observe how the Orthocenter changes its position in regard to a triangle: [b][i][u]Inside[/u][/i][/b], [b][i][u]Outside[/u][/i][/b], and [b][i][u]On[/u][/i][/b]. [br][i][b][color=#666666]How does the type of triangle ([/color]obtuse[color=#666666], [/color]acute[color=#666666], [/color]right[color=#666666]) relate to the location of its orthocenter?[/color][/b][/i][/size]
[size=150][color=#1155cc][b]Question 1[/b][/color][br]The Orthocenter is [i][color=#cc0000][b]Outside [/b][/color][/i]in...[/size]
[size=150][color=#1155cc][b]Question 2[/b][/color][br]The Orthocenter is [i][color=#cc0000][b]Inside [/b][/color][/i]in...[/size]
[size=150][color=#1155cc][b]Question 1[/b][/color][br]The Orthocenter is [i][color=#cc0000][b]On [/b][/color][/i]in...[/size]
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