Triangle Segments Exploration
Explore different types of segments within triangles including medians, altitudes, angle bisectors, and perpendicular bisectors.
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Triangle Segments Exploration
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Read each question carefully and provide the best answer. Draw diagrams where requested.
1. Which segment connects a vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side?
Altitude
Median
Angle Bisector
Perpendicular Bisector
2. An altitude of a triangle is always to the side it intersects.
Parallel
Congruent
Perpendicular
Bisected
3. The point where the three medians of a triangle intersect is called the .
4. An angle bisector divides an angle into two angles.
5. Draw an obtuse triangle and draw one of its altitudes. Label the altitude.
6. A perpendicular bisector always passes through a vertex of the triangle.
True
False
7. The intersection of the three angle bisectors is called the incenter.
True
False
Match the triangle segment with its description.
8. Median
a. Divides an angle into two equal parts
9. Altitude
b. Connects a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side
10. Angle Bisector
c. Perpendicular from a vertex to the opposite side
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