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Highway confusion

Show that the green dotted line, which is an altitude of the blue triangle, is also a median of the orange triangle.

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Solution

Solution by Bob Ruyle.

The conclusion about a median of the orange triangle holds for any cevian of the original blue triangle – It need not be an altitude.

See also The owl of Ceva for the first step.

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