Medians, altitudes, angle bisectors, and perpendicular bisectors

Front

What is a median in a triangle?

Back

A median is a line segment that connects a vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side.

Front

What is an altitude in a triangle?

Back

An altitude is a perpendicular line segment from a vertex to the line containing the opposite side.

Front

What is an angle bisector?

Back

An angle bisector is a line that divides an angle into two equal parts.

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.9

Front

What is a perpendicular bisector?

Back

A perpendicular bisector is a line that divides a line segment into two equal parts at a 90-degree angle.

Front

If AC=42, what is DF if D is the midpoint of AC?

Back

DF = 21

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CCSS.HSG.GPE.B.6

Front

Find DE if D is the midpoint of segment EF and EF=14.

Back

DE = 7

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CCSS.HSG.GPE.B.6

Front

Which term best describes line segment UX if it is perpendicular to segment AB at its midpoint?

Back

Perpendicular Bisector

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

Front

Identify the perpendicular bisector among the following segments: GI, HK, FJ, HJ.

Back

GI

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CCSS.4.G.A.1

Front

If the length of segment XY is 12, what is the length of segment XZ if Z is the midpoint of XY?

Back

XZ = 6

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CCSS.HSG.GPE.B.6

Front

What is the relationship between a median and the area of a triangle?

Back

A median divides a triangle into two smaller triangles of equal area.

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10