Special Segments of a Triangle

What is the altitude of a triangle?

• A segment that divides another segment into two equal parts

• A segment from a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side

• A segment that cuts an angle in half

• A perpendicular segment from a vertex to the line containing the opposite side

In which type of triangle can the altitude be outside the triangle?

• Right triangle

• Acute triangle

• Equilateral triangle

• Obtuse triangle

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

What is the median of a triangle?

• A segment that cuts an angle in half

• A segment from a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side

• A perpendicular segment from a vertex to the line containing the opposite side

• A segment that divides another segment into two equal parts

What does an angle bisector do?

• Connects a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side

• Divides a segment into two equal parts

• Forms a 90-degree angle with the opposite side

• Cuts an angle in half

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.9

Which special segment does not necessarily go through a vertex?

• Perpendicular bisector

• Angle bisector

• Median

• Altitude

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10