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What is an easy way to find the orthocenter of a triangle?

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The easiest way to do this is find 2 of the 3 altitudes of the triangle and look where they intersect. This point is the orthocenter.

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but don't the altitudes have to be perpindicular to the triangle lines?

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Yes they do. An altitude is a line that contains one corner of the triangle and is perpendicular to the side across this corner

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thanks

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