Perpendicular and Angle Bisectors, Medians and Altitudes

If G is the circumcenter, what type of segments are drawn?

• perpendicular bisectors

• angle bisectors

• altitudes

• centroids

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

A perpendicular segment from a vertex to the line containing the opposite side (the height of a triangle).

• Angle Bisector

• Perpendicular Bisector

• Altitude

• Midsegment

A segment that is perpendicular to a side of a triangle at its midpoint

• Angle Bisector

• Perpendicular Bisector

• Altitude

• Median

A segment from a vertex of a triangle and the midpoint of the opposite side.

• Angle Bisector

• Perpendicular Bisector

• Altitude

• Median

A segment that bisects one of the angles of a triangle

• Angle Bisector

• Perpendicular Bisector

• Altitude

• Midsegment

CF, BE, and AD are the medians of the triangle. If BF =10, find AF.

• 20

• 10

• 5

• Not Enough Information

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

What is the intersection of three perpendicular bisectors called?

• Circumcenter

• Incenter

• Supercenter

• Neither

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

Which of the following special segments is shown?

• median

• angle bisector

• perpendicular bisector

• altitude

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.9

What is the blue line shown?

• median

• angle bisector

• perpendicular bisector

• altitude

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

The centroid cuts each median into two segments.  The shorter segment is ___________ the length of the entire segment.

• one third

• two thirds

• three fourths

• one half

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10