Question

What is the difference between median and altitude? [2 MARKS]

Answer 1

Each difference: 1 Mark

1. Median is a line segment formed between a vertex and the mid-point of the opposite side.
Altitude is the perpendicular distance of a vertex from its opposite side.

2. Median always bisects the opposite side of the vertex irrespective of the type of triangle.
Altitude may or may not bisect the opposite side of the vertex depending on the type of triangle.

In the figure below, CH is the altitude from vertex C on side AB and CM is median from C on side AB.