Help? I am completely confused.

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anonymous · Answer

with what?

anonymous · Answer

ABC has vertices A(0, 0), B (0, 4), C(3, 0). Where do the three altitudes of the triangle intersect?

anonymous · Answer

>.< I keep getting (0,0) But I feel like it's wrong >_>

solomonzelman · Answer

you want to go with a simplea pproach?

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

can you draw it?

anonymous · Answer

that's for helping me with my question

anonymous · Answer

attachment

solomonzelman · Answer

https://www.desmos.com/calculator/5shu8wdpi8

anonymous · Answer

:D I already graphed it

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

that works, so if you have graphed it, does 0,0 look reasonable firs, then we can check numerically, but it's nice to see

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

next, can you describe what an altitude is in your own words?

solomonzelman · Answer

I'll make something on desmos.. desmos drawing.. but I might not be in time.

anonymous · Answer

here the graph

anonymous · Answer

is that good?^

anonymous · Answer

yes it is

solomonzelman · Answer

https://www.desmos.com/calculator/ihtaayvsm8 lol you beat me:)

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

so, can you describe waht an altitude is please @OmiLala ?

solomonzelman · Answer

this is what you want though...
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solomonzelman · Answer

So you would want to find the midpoint of each side.
Then, find the line from the corner to the midpoint of the opposite (to the corner) side.

all 3 lines (1 from each corner) should intersect at 1 point.

solomonzelman · Answer

I am not sure about this though.

solomonzelman · Answer

it says the attitudes, so you need not the midpoints, but the lines that forms 2 90 degree angles that supplementary to each other.

fibonaccichick666 · Answer

can you wait for her/him to provide a description of an altitude please?

anonymous · Answer

Oh sorry

solomonzelman · Answer

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