Altitude in Right Triangles

The figures above are examples of ...

• altitudes

• perpendicular bisectors

• medians

• angle bisectors

What type of lines are shown

• perpendicular bisectors

• medians

• altitudes

• angle bisectors

13. Which line is an altitude?

• XY

• BY

• AZ

• XC

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

• perpendicular bisector

• angle bisector

• median

• altitude

• A
• B
• C
• D

• (1)

• (2)

• (3)

• (4)

In the accompanying diagram, ΔABC is a right triangle and CD is the altitude to the hypotenuse AB. If AD = 4 and DB = 16, find the length of CD.

• 4√5

• 8

• 4√15

• 2√5

The ORTHOCENTER is the intersection of which special segments?

• Angle Bisectors

• Perpendicular Bisectors

• Medians

• Altitudes

Segment BH is an example of which of the following?

• Perpendicular Bisector 

• Altitude

• Median

• Midsegment

Which of the following statements are true?