PRINCIPIA · THEOREM

The three altitudes of a triangle meet at one point (orthocenter)

Dependencies: Through a point off a line, exactly one parallel exists (Playfair) (Through a point off a line, exactly one parallel exists (Playfair)), opposite sides of a parallelogram are equal (Parallelogram properties (opposite sides equal, diagonals bisect each other)), Three perpendicular bisectors meet (circumcenter) (Three perpendicular bisectors meet (circumcenter)).

Statement

Let ABC\triangle ABC. Drop a perpendicular from each of AA, BB, CC to the line containing the opposite side; the three perpendiculars (i.e. the three altitudes) meet at a single point. This point is called the orthocenter of ABC\triangle ABC, denoted HH.

The three altitudes of \triangle ABC meet at the orthocenter H

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