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The foot of an altitude is the point where the altitude meets the opposite side. For an acute triangle, every foot of altitude lies:

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  • Aon the side, between its endpoints
  • Bon the extension of the side
  • Cat a vertex
  • Doutside the triangle

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In an acute triangle all altitudes fall inside, so each foot lies on the side itself between the two endpoints.
Answer: A) on the side, between its endpoints

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