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Triangle A B C is shown. A line is drawn from point A to side B C to form a right angle. The line is not at the center of side B C.
Which is shown, an altitude, a median, or neither?
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Altitude.
Reason: an altitude is a segment from a vertex perpendicular to the opposite side — the drawn line is perpendicular to BC. A median must go to the midpoint of BC, but the foot is not at the center, so it's not a median.
Reason: an altitude is a segment from a vertex perpendicular to the opposite side — the drawn line is perpendicular to BC. A median must go to the midpoint of BC, but the foot is not at the center, so it's not a median.
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