Incenter and Circumcenter

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What is the Incenter of a triangle?

Back

The Incenter is the point where the angle bisectors of a triangle intersect.

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

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What segments intersect at the Incenter?

Back

Angle Bisectors.

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

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What is a special property of the Incenter?

Back

The distance from the Incenter to each side of the triangle is equal.

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

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What is the Circumcenter of a triangle?

Back

The Circumcenter is the point where the perpendicular bisectors of the sides of a triangle intersect.

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

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What segments intersect at the Circumcenter?

Back

Perpendicular Bisectors.

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

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What is a special property of the Circumcenter?

Back

The Circumcenter is equidistant from all three vertices of the triangle.

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

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What is an Angle Bisector?

Back

An Angle Bisector is a line that divides an angle into two equal parts.

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.9

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What is a Perpendicular Bisector?

Back

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

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What is a Median in a triangle?

Back

A Median is a line segment from a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side.

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What is an Altitude in a triangle?

Back

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