Some Theorems

on Right Triangles
Activity No. 1
Identify the three right triangles in the given figure.

A B
D
Activity No. 1
Identify the three right triangles in the given figure.

C The three right triangles are:

A B
D
 Activity No. 2: What am I?

It can be used in
photographing very tall or
very wide objects. The
camera should be set for
a vertical viewing of 90°
and know the height of
the object you wish to
photograph.

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M __ A __

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 Activity No. 2: What am I?

It can be used in
photographing very tall or
very wide objects. The
camera should be set for
a vertical viewing of 90°
and know the height of
the object you wish to
photograph.

GEOMETRIC
MEAN

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 Geometric Mean
When the means of a proportion are
the same number, that number is
called the geometric mean of the
extremes. The geometric mean
between two numbers is the positive
square root of their product
extreme mean

mean extreme
Example
Find the geometric mean between 8 and 10.
Do these problems to find out.

Find the geometric mean of each pair of numbers.

a. 5 and 45 b. 12 and 15
 Altitude (of a triangle)

A segment from a vertex to the line

containing the opposite side and
perpendicular to the line containing that side.
Right Triangle Similarity Theorem

If the altitude is drawn C

to the hypotenuse of a
right triangle, then the
two triangles formed
are similar to the A
D
B

original triangle and to

each other.
 Example

C C

A D D B
Right Triangle Geometric Mean
Theorem
Geometric Mean (Altitude) Theorem
C

The altitude drawn to h

the hypotenuse of a A B
right triangle separates x D y
the hypotenuse into two
segments. The length of
this altitude is the
geometric mean
between the lengths of
these two segments.
Geometric Mean (Leg) Theorem C

The altitude drawn to b a

the hypotenuse of a
right triangle separates A B
the hypotenuse into two x D y
c
segments. The length of
a leg of this triangle is
the geometric mean
between the length of
the hypotenuse and the
segment of the
hypotenuse adjacent to
that leg.
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25
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