Orthocentre of a triangle

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I just want to know what the orthocentre of a triangle is? How do you define it? It appears in a past paper so i just need the definition. Thanks!

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Orthocenter.html – Narasimham Feb 27 '16 at 17:22 — Narasimham, Feb 27 '16 at 17:22

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 27 '16 at 16:05

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The orthocenter is the point of concurrency where the lines containing the three altitudes of the triangle intersect.

answered Feb 27 '16 at 16:05

Ethan Hunt

I thought that was the centroid? – Jayne Feb 28 '16 at 00:56
The centroid is the point where the medians of the triangle intersect. – Ethan Hunt Feb 28 '16 at 02:05
Ahh now I understand. Thanks so much :) – Jayne Feb 28 '16 at 03:40

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