document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=721473>Question 721473</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I'm in grade 10 and I have an assignment that requires me to make a \"cheat sheet\" that can be used on an upcoming test. The sheet will be marked and I will be able to use it to help me later on. The sheet given has 5 questions that cover all of the material on the test, we have to show the process of how to get the answer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The question is: \"2.What is the difference between an altitude and a median? If you knew the coordinates of the vertices of a triangle, how would you determine the equations of an altitude line and a median line?\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So far I have, \"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Median: The line segment joining any vertex of a triangle to the mid-point of its opposite side.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Altitude: The perpendicular drawn from a vertex to the opposite side of the vertex of the triangle.\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "All I need to know is, using the endpoints, how would you get an equation in y=mx +b form, for an altitude and median line. ( as said in the question above )\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks so much,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A grade 10 student.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You know the co ordinates of vertices of the triangle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Suppose BC is the base and AD is the altitude\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the slope of BC. <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28y2-y1%29%2F%28x2-x1%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28y2-y1%29%2F%28x2-x1%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The slope of AD will be negative reciprocal of BC.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You know the slope of the altitude and the vertex A\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so frame the equation using formula<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(y-y1) = m(x-x1)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "MEDIAN\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "By mid point formula find the co ordinates of point where the median touches the base BC.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Again you know the co ordinates of one vertex and the the median point on BC.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "frame an equation using two point formula </SPAN>\n" );
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