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Special Right Triangles Altitude

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of special segment is shown?

a)

Median

b)

Perpendicular Bisector

c)

Angle Bisector

d)

Altitude

2.

Which of the following describes an altitude of a triangle?

a)

A segment that passes through the middle of the triangle.

b)

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

c)

A segment that connects two midpoints of two sides.

d)

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

3.

The figures above are examples of ...

a)

altitudes

b)

perpendicular bisectors

c)

medians

d)

angle bisectors

4.

13. Which line is an altitude?

a)

XY

b)

BY

c)

AZ

d)

XC

5.
a)

(1)

b)

(2)

c)

(3)

d)

(4)

6.

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.

a)

4√5

b)

8

c)

4√15

d)

2√5

7.

Segment BH is an example of which of the following?

a)

Perpendicular Bisector 

b)

Altitude

c)

Median

d)

Midsegment

8.

What type of lines are shown

a)

perpendicular bisectors

b)

medians

c)

altitudes

d)

angle bisectors

9.

Which of the following statements are true?

a)

BH‾\overline{BH} is perpendicular to AC‾\overline{AC}

b)

m∠ABH=90°m\angle ABH=90\degree

c)

ΔCBH\Delta CBH is a right triangle

d)

AH‾ ≅HC‾\overline{AH}\ \cong\overline{HC}

e)

m∠CHB=90°m\angle CHB=90\degree