Title: Altitude on Hypotenuse Theorems 9'3
1Altitude on Hypotenuse Theorems9.3
2Homework
3Right Triangles
Mountain Problems
4Right Triangles
Acute ?
Leg
Hypotenuse
Acute ?
Leg
5Right Triangles
? Isosceles right ?legs
?Scalene right no ?legs
?Scalene right no ?legs
6Right Triangles
Altitude from a vertex - to the line of the
opposite side
7Right Triangles
Altitude from a vertex - to the line of the
opposite side
8Right Triangles
Altitude from a vertex - to the line of the
opposite side
90
9Right Triangles
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10Theorem
- Theorem The altitude drawn to the hypotenuse of
a right triangle separates the triangle into two
right triangles that are similar to each other
and to the original triangle.
11Similarity
?ADC?ACB, ?CDB?ACB, ?ADC?CDB
12Similarity
?ADC?ACB, ?CDB?ACB, ?ADC?CDB
?D? ?C90 ?A? ?DCB ?B? ?DCA
13Theorem
- Theorem The length of the altitude to the
hypotenuse of a right triangle is the geometric
mean of the lengths of the segments of the
hypotenuse.
14?ADC?ACB?CDB
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16Theorem
- Theorem The length of each leg of a right
triangle is the geometric mean of the length of
the hypotenuse and the length of the segment of
the hypotenuse adjacent to that leg.
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A
B
D
AC2ABAD
18Theorem
- Theorem The length of each leg of a right
triangle is the geometric mean of the length of
the hypotenuse and the length of the segment of
the hypotenuse adjacent to that leg.
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C
A
B
D
CB2BDBA
20Theorem
- Theorem In a right triangle the product of the
legs is equal to the product of the hypotenuse
and the altitude to the hypotenuse.
ACCBABCD
21Theorem
C
A
B
D
ACCBABCD
22Mountain Problems
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24Mountain Problems
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25Mountain Problems
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26Problems
27Problems
28Problems
29Problems
30Problems
- 5. 9.1
- If AB2 and CB6,
- then BD?
31Problems
- Find
- x2
- y v(27)3v(3)
- z v(108) v(36)(3)6 v(3)
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(x4)2 (3)(39) x28x1636
x28x16-3636-36 x28x-200 (x10(x-2)0
x -10, 2
32Problems
- Find
- x 5
- y v(345)3v(15)
- z v(4548) 12v(15)
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x214x49-144144-144 x214x-950
(x19(x-5)0 x -19, 5
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