Unit 8 Lesson 13: Altitudes in Right Triangles

Question 1

altitude

Answer 1

a line segment drawn from a vertex of a triangle perpendicular to the opposite side

Question 2

corresponding parts

Answer 2

the sides and angles that are in the same relative position between two figures

Question 3

Pythagorean Theorem

Answer 3

the theorem which states that the square of the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squared lengths of the other two sides

Question 4

similar triangles

Answer 4

triangles that have corresponding sides in the same ratio (or proportion) and congruent corresponding angles

Question 5

What is a corresponding side

Answer 5

Recall that a corresponding side in a triangle is a side in the same position in any two different triangles. For triangles to be similar, all angles must be congruent, and this congruence renders the corresponding sides proportionate.