HM2: Unit 7 Vocabulary

If 2 sides of a triangle are not congruent, then the largest angle lies ____ the longer side.

• next to

• opposite

• on

Tags

CCSS.HSG.SRT.B.4

The sum of the lengths of any two sides of a triangle is ____ the length of the third side.

• equal to

• less than

• greater than

• opposite

Tags

CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

A point that is the same distance from two points is considered ____ from the points.

• equidistant

• equator

• equalizer

• equation

If a point is on the ___ of an angle, then it is equidistant from the 2 sides of the angle.

• perimeter

• altitude

• bisector

• endpoint

Tags

CCSS.HSG.CO.D.12

A(n) ____ of a triangle is a segment that has endpoints at a vertex and the midpoint of the side opposite the vertex.

• perpendicular bisector

• angle bisector

• altitude

• median

Tags

CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

A(n) ____ of a triangle is a perpendicular segment from a vertex of a triangle to the line containing the side opposite the vertex.

• altitude

• bisector

• median

• angle

The point of concurrency of the medians of a triangle.

• vertex

• orthocenter

• centroid

Tags

CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

The point of concurrency of the lines containing the altitudes of a triangle.

• centroid

• orthocenter

• vertex

A line in a triangle that is perpendicular to a side and passes through its midpoint.

• median

• perpendicular bisector

• altitude

• angle bisector

The hypotenuse of a triangle is across from the ____.

• smallest angle

• right angle

• leg

• longest side

Tags

CCSS.HSF.TF.A.3

CCSS.HSG.SRT.C.8

CCSS.HSG.SRT.D.11