Geometry: An Interactive Journey to Mastery

Lesson 11: Making Use of Linear Equations

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    Part II
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    Comment: Part I of this question constructs the three medians of a triangle, part II constructs the three
    perpendicular bisectors of a triangle, and part III constructs the three altitudes of a triangle. You can use
    algebraic methods to prove that each set of three lines do always pass through a common point for any given
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