Chapter 4 Section 7

Medians, Altitudes, Perpendicular Bisectors

Vertex
Median: Segment connecting the ______________ Midpoint of the
to the ____________
opposite side.

A A A

B C B C B C

Vertex to the opposite side

Altitude: Perpendicular segment from a ___________

- Inside
Acute triangle: Altitude is ____________ the triangle
-
A A A

B C B C B C

- Right triangle: Altitude is On

___ the triangle
- Obtuse triangle:
D D
Outside
Altitude is ________
the triangle
E F E F

C
A

Perpendicular to the
Perpendicular bisector: Line, ray, or segment that is ________________
segment at its midpoint.

B C