Triangle Median and Altitude: Identifying Lines in Triangle ABC

The triangle ABC is shown below.

To which side(s) are the median and the altitude drawn?

To solve the problem of identifying to which side of triangle $ABC$ the median and the altitude are drawn, let's analyze the diagram given for triangle $ABC$.

• We acknowledge that a median is a line segment drawn from a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side. An altitude is a line segment drawn from a vertex perpendicular to the opposite side.
• Upon reviewing the diagram of triangle $ABC$, line segment $AD$ is a reference term. It appears to meet point $C$ in the middle, suggesting it's a median, but it also forms right angles suggesting it is an altitude.
• Given the placement and orientation of $AD$, it is perpendicular to line $BC$ (the opposite base for the median from $A$). Therefore, this line is both the median and the altitude to side $BC$.

Thus, the side to which both the median and the altitude are drawn is BC.

Therefore, the correct answer to the problem is the side $BC$, corresponding with choice $\text{Option 2: BC}$.