Use Medians and Altitudes

Based on the markings, segment AB represents the...

• perpendicular bisector

• angle bisector

• median

• altitude

Given:  m<PXR=2a+10, If segment PX is the altitude find the value of "a".

• 50

• 17

• 40

• 35

Solve for x.

• 16

• 20

• 22

• 24

Given TO=7a+5 and OR=8a, find the value of "a" and the length of TR

• a=5, TR=40

• a=4, TR=70

• a=5, TR=80

• a=4, TR=81

GT is a Median: find FE

• 16

• 32

• 11

• 26

KL is a Median: Find LJ

• 6

• 5

• 3

• 9

The altitude is __________to the side of a triangle.

• parallel

• skew

• off

• perpendicular

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

• Perpendicular Bisector

• Angle Bisector

• Median

• Altitude

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

• 20

• 10

• 5

• Not Enough Information

If G is the centroid of triangle ABC and AC= 32. Find the length of CE.

• 16

• 32

• 48

• Not Enough Information