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Originally Posted by dgenerationx2  which letters are the altitude and median of this triangle | Did you look up the definions?
An altitude of a triangle is the segment drawn from a vertex perpendicular to the opposite side.
A median of a triangle is the segment drawn from a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side.
Can you figure it out from these definitions?
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