Points of Concurrency

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What is the definition of a Perpendicular Bisector?

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

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What is the definition of an Angle Bisector?

Back

A ray that divides an angle into two equal angles.

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CCSS.4.G.A.1

Front

What is the definition of a Median in a triangle?

Back

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

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What is the definition of an Altitude in a triangle?

Back

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

Front

What is the Circumcenter of a triangle?

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The point where the perpendicular bisectors of the sides of the triangle intersect.

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

Front

What is the Incenter of a triangle?

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The point where the angle bisectors of a triangle intersect.

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

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What is the Centroid of a triangle?

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The point where the medians of a triangle intersect.

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

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What is the Orthocenter of a triangle?

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The point where the altitudes of a triangle intersect.

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

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How do you find the length of a segment from the circumcenter to a vertex?

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The length is equal to the distance from the circumcenter to that vertex.

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

Front

What is the relationship between the incenter and the sides of a triangle?

Back

The incenter is equidistant from all sides of the triangle.

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.3