Ch 5 Review: Midsegments & Points of Concurrency

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What is the point of concurrency that is the intersection of the medians of a triangle?

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Centroid

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

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What is the point of concurrency that is the intersection of the angle bisectors of a triangle?

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Incenter

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

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What is the point of concurrency that is the intersection of the perpendicular bisectors of a triangle?

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Circumcenter

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

Front

What is the point of concurrency that is the intersection of the altitudes of a triangle?

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Orthocenter

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

Front

Define centroid in the context of triangles.

Back

The centroid is the point where the three medians of a triangle intersect, and it is also the center of mass of the triangle.

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

Front

Define incenter in the context of triangles.

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The incenter is the point where the three angle bisectors of a triangle intersect, and it is the center of the triangle's inscribed circle.

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

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Define circumcenter in the context of triangles.

Back

The circumcenter is the point where the three perpendicular bisectors of a triangle intersect, and it is the center of the triangle's circumscribed circle.

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

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Define orthocenter in the context of triangles.

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The orthocenter is the point where the three altitudes of a triangle intersect.

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

Front

What is a median in a triangle?

Back

A median is a line segment that connects a vertex of the triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side.

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What is an altitude in a triangle?

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An altitude is a perpendicular segment from a vertex to the line containing the opposite side.