Special Right Triangles Altitude

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?