SOLUTION: draw abc with obtuse < c and construct its orthocenter o. then find the orthocenters of abo, aco, and bco. what did you discover? explain why you get this result

Question 1195797: draw abc with obtuse < c and construct its orthocenter o. then find the orthocenters of abo, aco, and bco. what did you discover? explain why you get this result
Answer by ikleyn(52802) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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draw abc with obtuse < c and construct its orthocenter o.
then find the orthocenters of abo, aco, and bco.
what did you discover? explain why you get this result
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The orthocenter of the triangle ABO is the point C.


The orthocenter of the triangle ACO is the point B.


The orthocenter of the triangle BCO is the point A.


It is proven in web-page 

http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/EMAT6680/Parsons/MVPAssign8/MVPassign8.html

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