WorksheetsSpecial Right Triangles Altitude
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 9mins
What type of special segment is shown?
Median
Perpendicular Bisector
Angle Bisector
Altitude
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.
The figures above are examples of ...
altitudes
perpendicular bisectors
medians
angle bisectors
13. Which line is an altitude?
XY
BY
AZ
XC
(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
Segment BH is an example of which of the following?
Perpendicular Bisector
Altitude
Median
Midsegment
What type of lines are shown
perpendicular bisectors
medians
altitudes
angle bisectors
Which of the following statements are true?
BH is perpendicular to AC
m∠ABH=90°
ΔCBH is a right triangle
AH ≅HC
m∠CHB=90°
