Question

which type of special segment is being shown in the diagram below?
medians
angle bisectors
perpendicular bisectors
altitudes

Explanation:

• A median connects a vertex to the mid - point of the opposite side.
• An angle bisector divides an angle into two equal parts.
• A perpendicular bisector is perpendicular to a side and bisects it.
• An altitude is a perpendicular segment from a vertex to the line containing the opposite side. In the given diagram, the segments are perpendicular to the sides of the triangle (as indicated by the right - angle symbols), so they are altitudes.

Answer:

Altitudes