Bisectors in triangles – Flashcards
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What is the point of concurrency of a perpendicular bisector?
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circumcenter
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What is the point of concurrency of an angle bisector?
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incenter
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What is the point of concurrency of a median?
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centroid
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What is the point of concurrency of an altitude?
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orthocenter
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The circumcenter is equidistant from each _______.
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vertex
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The incenter is equidistant from each ________.
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side
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The centroid is _____ ______ of the distance from each vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side.
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two thirds
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perpendicular bisector
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passes through the midpoint of a side and connects to the opposite vertex at a right angle.
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angle bisector
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a ray that divides an angle into two congruent angles
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altitude
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A perpendicular segment from a vertex to the line containing the opposite side
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median
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Segment joining the midpoint of a side of a triangle to the opposite vertex.
