Centers of Triangles Practice

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What is a perpendicular bisector?

Back

A line that divides a segment into two equal parts at a 90-degree angle.

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What is a median in a triangle?

Back

A line segment joining a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side.

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What is an angle bisector?

Back

A line that divides an angle into two equal angles.

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.9

Front

What is an altitude in a triangle?

Back

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

Front

What is the incenter of a triangle?

Back

The point where the angle bisectors of a triangle intersect.

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

Front

What is the circumcenter of a triangle?

Back

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 is the centroid of a triangle?

Back

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?

Back

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 incenter of a triangle?

Back

By constructing the angle bisectors of the triangle and finding their intersection.

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

Front

How do you find the circumcenter of a triangle?

Back

By constructing the perpendicular bisectors of the sides of the triangle and finding their intersection.

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.3