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Lesson: Identifying and Using Medians and Altitudes of Triangles

There are two special lines in a triangle that you need to know about: medians and altitudes. In this lesson, we will learn how to identify and use medians and altitudes of triangles.

Worksheet: Identifying and Using Medians and Altitudes of Triangles • 20 Questions

Q1:

In , where is the midpoint of , what name is given to ?

Aheight
Bmedian
Chypotenuse
Dbase

Q2:

In a triangle , is the point of concurrency of its medians. If is a median, then .

Q3:

What is length rounded to the nearest hundredth?

Q4:

Find the length , given that .

Q5:

Find the length of and the perimeter of .

A, perimeter of
B, perimeter of
C, perimeter of
D, perimeter of

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