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Grade 1010 grade maths

Does the orthocentre of a triangle divide each altitude in the ratio of 2:1 as how the centroid does?

Profile image of Sandhya/ Swarna V
8 Years agoGrade 10
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Profile image of Soumendu Majumdar
8 Years ago
No, it doesn’t...Just think of a right-angled triangle, does the orthocentre even lie on all of the altitudes?
so the answer is no.its only applicable for centroid.
 
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