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So these are line segments in triangles. I don't understand how they are different.
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So these are line segments in triangles. I don't understand how they are different.
QuarkCharmer
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The altitude is a line from some vertex to the other side of the triangle (first pic). The median is a line from some vertex to the middle of the side across from it (middle pic). The bisecting angle or whatever it's called is simply a line cast in the direction of 1/2 the angle (last pic)
QuarkCharmer
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Actually, I found a much better image than my mspaint thing.
Consider this triangle ABC
The line from A, straight down is the altitude. The one from A to the middle of the base (close to the a), is the median, and the one that is 1/2 the angle of BAC is the bisector.
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So the median is not the same as the angle bisector?