Segments in Triangles

What type of special segment is shown?

• Median

• Perpendicular Bisector

• Angle Bisector

• Altitude

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What type of special segment is shown?

• Altitude

• Median

• Perpendicular Bisector

• Angle Bisector

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What type of special segment is shown?

• Angle Bisector

• Altitude

• Median

• Perpendicular Bisector

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Which of the following describes a median of a triangle?

• A segment that passes through the middle of the triangle.

• A segment with endpoints at the vertex and midpoint of the opposite side.

• A segment that connects two midpoints of two sides.

• A segment that connects the vertex and the opposite side at 90 degrees. 

Which of the following describes an altitude of a triangle?

• A segment that passes through the middle of the triangle.

• A segment with endpoints at the vertex and midpoint of the opposite side.

• A segment that connects two midpoints of two sides.

• A segment that connects the vertex and the opposite side at 90 degrees. 

What is the only special triangle segment that does not have to go through a vertex?

• Median

• Altitude

• Angle Bisector

• Perpendicular Bisector

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What type of special segment is shown?

• Perpendicular Bisector

• Angle Bisector

• Median

• Altitude

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What type of special segment is shown?

• Altitude

• Perpendicular Bisector

• Median

• Angle Bisector

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What is true about a perpendicular bisector?

• Cuts the side of a triangle into 2 congruent parts.

• It is perpendicular to the side of a triangle.

• It passes through the midpoint of the side of the triangle.

• All of the above

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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