Ch5 Flashcard Review

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What is a Perpendicular Bisector?

Back

A line that divides a segment into two equal parts at a right angle.

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What is an Angle Bisector?

Back

A ray that divides an angle into two equal angles.

Front

What is a Median in a triangle?

Back

A segment that connects a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side.

Front

What is an Altitude in a triangle?

Back

A perpendicular segment from a vertex to the line containing the opposite side.

Front

How do you find the midpoint between two points A(x1, y1) and B(x2, y2)?

Back

Midpoint M = ((x1 + x2)/2, (y1 + y2)/2).

Front

Solve for x: 2x + 4 = 16

Back

x = 6.

Front

What is the formula for the area of a triangle?

Back

Area = 1/2 * base * height.

Front

What is the Pythagorean Theorem?

Back

In a right triangle, a² + b² = c², where c is the hypotenuse.

Front

What is the definition of a triangle?

Back

A polygon with three edges and three vertices.

Front

What is the sum of the interior angles of a triangle?

Back

180 degrees.