tpdg 4: median, altitude, angle bisector stuff
(another repeat) what is an angle bisector
a ray, line, or segment that divides an angle into two congruent angles
(necessary repeat) A segment bisector is
a segment that intersects another segment at its midpoint
In an isosceles triangle the median, altitude, and angle bisector
drawn from the vertex angle to the base are the same segment
is an angle bisector equivalent to a segment bisector?
no, angle bisector has no midpoint to intersect
before proving segment bisector
prove midpoint first
Median of a triangle is a
segment drawn from any vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side
In an isosceles triangle, the median altitude, and angle bisector are ? all the same segment
sometimes
a median is ? perpendicular to the opposite side
sometimes
an altitude is ? an angle bisector
sometimes
an altitude is ? perpendicular to the opposite side
sometimes
an angle bisector is ? perpendicular to the opposite side
sometimes
an altitude of a triangle is
the perpendicular segment drawn from a vertex to the line that CONTAINS the opposite side