CALCULUS
Understanding Its Concepts and Methods
Altitudes of a triangle
An altitude of a triangle is a perpendicular line from a vertex to the opposite side (extended if necessary).
The three altitudes of a triangle (extended if necessary) meet at a single point called the orthocenter of the triangle.
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