Medians and altitudes of triangles Module 5.7

Median of a triangle

A segment with endpoints being a vertex of a triangle and a midpoint of the oppposite

Centroid

The point of concurrency of the medians of a triangle

Theorem 5.7 Centroid theorem

The medians of a triangle intersect at a point called the centroid that its two thirds of of the distance from each vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side

Altitude

A segment from a vertex to the line containing the opposite side and perpendicular to the line containing that side

Orthocenter

The point were the the lines containing the altitudes of a triangle are concurrent intersect