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In a right-angled triangle, the orthocentre (the meeting point of the altitudes) is located:

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  • Aat the vertex of the right angle
  • Bat the midpoint of the hypotenuse
  • Coutside the triangle
  • Dat the centroid

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The two legs are altitudes and they meet at the right-angle vertex; the third altitude also passes through it, so the orthocentre is the right-angle vertex.
Answer: A) at the vertex of the right angle

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