Medians and Altitudes of a Triangle

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Medians and Altitudes of a Triangle: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Centroid of a Triangle, Property of Centroid, Foot of Perpendicular from a Point to a Line, Orthocentre of the Triangle, Construction of the Centroid of a triangle, Median of Triangles, etc.

Important Questions on Medians and Altitudes of a Triangle

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Construct the ABC such that AB=6 cm, BC=7 cm and AC=5 cm. Locate its centroid.

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Find the co-ordinates of the foot of the perpendicular drawn from the point P(1,2) the line 3x-4y-16=0.

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In Δ DEF, DN, EO, FM are medians and point P is the centroid. Find the following.

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If PD=10, PF=12, PE=8, then find PN,PM,PO

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The coordinates of the vertices of a triangle are(1,2),(3,3),(1,1). Find the coordinates of its centroid.

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Name the orthocentre of PQR.

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If G is the centroid of a ABC and P is any other point in the plane, then PA2+PB2+PC2 is equal to

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In ABC, the median AD, BE and CF passes through the point G. If AD=7.5 cm, then find GD (in cm) (correct up to one decimal place)

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In ABC, the median AD, BE and CF passes through the point G. If GF=4 cm then, find GC (in cm).

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The perpendicular from the vertex of a triangle to the side is called _____ of the triangle.

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In a triangle ABC, H is the orthocentre. X, Y and Z are midpoints of AH, BH and CH respectively prove that orthocentre of XYZ is H.

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In a ABC, P is the orthocentre. Prove that orthocentre of PBC is A.

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The triangle whose ortho centre is its vertex point is called.

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If two medians of a triangle are equal, then the triangle is

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Gravitation centre of a triangle

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In ABC, medians AD, BE and CF intersect each other at G. Prove that AD+BE>32AB.

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In the ABC medians AD, BE and CF intersect each other at G. If AG=6 cm, BE=9 cm, and GF=4.5 cm. Find the length of GD,BG and CF.

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In triangle PQR, PS is a median and QS=3.5 cm and QR=k cm, find the value of k.

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In the triangle ABC,

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The median is _____(CF, BE, AD) .

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Where does the orthocentre lie in the case of a right angled triangle?

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Where does the orthocentre lie in the case of an obtuse-angled triangle?