Examples with solutions for Parts of a Triangle: Median in a right-angled triangle

Exercise #1

Given the right triangle

Given the size of the string in the triangle is 10.

Find the size of the median to the hypotenuse.

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Answer

5

Exercise #2

Imagine a right triangle.

The length from the median to the hypotenuse is 6.

What is the length of the hypotenuse?

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Answer

12

Exercise #3

Given the right triangle

Since the measure from the median to the hypotenuse in the triangle is 8.

Find the sum of the lengths of the hypotenuse and hypotenuse in the triangle.

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Answer

24

Exercise #4

The right triangle ABC is shown below.

BD is a median to the hypotenuse.

Calculate the size of the angle DBC ∢\text{DBC} .

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Answer

30

Exercise #5

ABC is a right triangle.

BD is a median to the hypotenuse.

Calculate the size of the angle DAB ∢\text{DAB} .

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Answer

60