Triangle Segments Exploration

Explore and identify different segments within triangles, such as medians, altitudes, angle bisectors, and perpendicular bisectors, and their properties.

Grade 8 Math GeometryTriangle Segments

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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.G.A.5

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Triangle Segments Exploration

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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 a segment from a vertex to the opposite side.

at a 45° angle

at a 60° angle

perpendicular

parallel

3. A(n) bisects an angle of a triangle.

4. The point where the three medians of a triangle intersect is called the .

5. Draw an obtuse triangle and clearly label one altitude and one median.

6. A perpendicular bisector of a side of a triangle always passes through the opposite vertex.

True

False