Special Lines and Points in Triangles

A ray that divides an angle into two congruent angles.

• Segment Bisector
• Midpoint
• Angle Bisector
• Sunshine

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CCSS.7.G.B.5

The figure is an example of a(n) ...

• midsegment
• perpendicular bisector
• altitude
• midsegment

The figure is an example of a(n) ...

• altitude 
• perpendicular bisector
• midsegment
• angle bisector

The figure is an example of a(n) ...

• angle bisector
• midsegment
• altitude
• median

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

If this picnic table is equidistant from each of the trailheads (vertices), what point is the picnic table?

• Incenter

• Orthocenter

• Centroid

• Circumcenter

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

• 4 cm

• 3 cm

• 12 cm

• 6 cm

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

What special point will lie OUTSIDE the triangle?

• Incenter

• Orthocenter

• Centroid

• Circumcenter

Tags

CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

If I wanted to place a point that is Equidistant to all 3 vertices, which point would I use?

• Incenter

• Centroid

• Circumcenter

• Orthocenter

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

Which of the following is true of the centroid of a triangle? Select all that apply.

• At lunch you try to impress your friends by balancing a triangle on a toothpick.

• You have a triangular garden and want to plant six varieties of flowers in smaller triangular regions of equal area.

• It is the center of a circumscribed circle.

• It is the point where all medians of a triangle meet

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

If Z is the centroid, what type of segments are drawn?

• angle bisectors
• perpendicular bisectors
• altitudes
• medians

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10