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