Altitudes in a Triangle

Name the segment/line/ray shown in the picture.

• Perpendicular Bisector

• Angle Bisector

• Median

• Altitude

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

CCSS.HSG.CO.C.9

Which of the following segments represents an altitude?

• Segment BX
• Segment AZ
• Segment AC
• Segment BZ

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

CCSS.HSG.CO.C.9

CCSS.HSG.GPE.B.5

CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.9

The figure is an example of a(n) ...

• midsegment
• perpendicular bisector
• altitude
• midsegment

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

Find the length of AD

• 2
• 4
• 6
• 8

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.9

Segment DE is ____________.

• an angle bisector
• a perpendicular segment
• a median
• a midsegment 

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

This triangle has...

• Midsegments
• Altitudes
• Medians 
• Perpendicular Bisectors

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

The centroid is the point of concurrency of the 3 ____ of a triangle. 

• Medians
• Midsegments
• Perpendicular Bisectors
• Angle Bisectos

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

The altitude is __________to the side of a triangle.

• parallel
• skew
• off
• perpendicular

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

CCSS.HSG.GPE.B.5

CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.9

A segment joining a vertex to the opposite side so that is perpendiuclar to that side.

• perpendicular bisector

• angle bisector

• median

• altitude

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

CCSS.HSG.GPE.B.5

CCSS.HSG.CO.D.12

16.  For an obtuse triangle, the altitudes meet where?

• inside the triangle
• outside the triangle
• on the triangle
• the incenter

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10