Question

Which of the following statements is true?

The altitude drawn to the hypotenuse of a right triangle forms two triangles that are similar to each other and to the given triangle.

The altitude drawn to the leg of a right triangle forms two triangles that are similar to each other and to the given triangle.

The midsegment drawn to the hypotenuse of a right triangle forms two triangles that are similar to each other and to the given triangle.

The altitude drawn to the hypotenuse of an equilateral triangle forms two triangles that are similar to each other and to the given triangle.

Answer 1

@amistre64 help me please?

Answer 2

what defines an altitude?

Answer 3

the height of an object or point??

Answer 4

ooopppss wrong answer!

Answer 5

not always

Answer 6

a segment from the vertex of a triangle to the opposite side and it must be perpendicular to that segment

Answer 7

an altitude in a triangle ..... thats it

Answer 8

can you draw an alt to a leg of a rt tri?

Answer 9

okay. sorry that is what i had in my notes :/

Answer 10

i dont know how to? sorry very very bad at geometry!

Answer 11

the legs of a rt tri are technically alts by definitoin

Answer 12

okay

Answer 13

so my answer would be B

Answer 14

no

Answer 15

grrrr

Answer 16

so then what? I am confused

Answer 17

the alt to a leg IS the alt, and no extra tri is formed.

Answer 18

since an alt makes a 90 tri, is a rt tri ever similar to something that is not a rt tri?

Answer 19

no

Answer 20

then B and D are bad

Answer 21

okay so A or C

Answer 22

one of them is right, which one do you think it is?

Answer 23

I am going to say A? because we are talking about altitude not midsegment

Answer 24

good :)

Answer 25

Yay its correct?? :)

Answer 26

A is fine

Answer 27

Help me on one more?

Answer 28

What is the hypotenuse-leg theorem?
If the hypotenuse of a right triangle is congruent to the corresponding part of another right triangle, then the triangles are congruent.
If the hypotenuse and one leg of a right triangle are congruent to the corresponding parts of another right triangle, then the triangles are congruent.
If the hypotenuse and one leg of a right triangle are similar to the corresponding parts of another right triangle, then the triangles are congruent.

Answer 29

sites lagging on me, hard to post .... try one more if its simple enough

Answer 30

similar is not always congruent, but congruent are always similar.

which one do you want to pick?

Answer 31

A

Answer 32

A only mentions hypots ... so im going to say hypot-leg thrm does not apply

Answer 33

C because it is talking about similarity

Answer 34

C says that similar tris are congruent .... congruent means exactly alike, similar does not

Answer 35

so then it is B :/

Answer 36

its the only one left :)

Answer 37

Yay! Thank you so much for all of your help! :)

Answer 38

youre welcome, good luck

Answer 39

Thanks