The Euler Segment of a Right Triangle

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Drag the vertices P, Q, and R to adjust the triangle.

Notice that the orthocenter lies at the right angle and that the circumcenter is the midpoint of the opposite side. In other words, the Euler segment is a median.

Why is this?


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