Chapter 6 Vocabulary

When three or more lines intersect at a common point, the lines are called ________________________. (a)  

• concurrent lines
• median
• point of concurrency
• perpendicular bisector
• circumcenter
• centroid
• altitude

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

In a triangle, a(n) __________________ is a line segment with endpoints that are a vertex of the triangle and the midpoint of the side opposite the vertex. (a)  

• median
• point of concurrency
• perpendicular bisector
• centroid

• circumcenter
• concurrent lines
• altitude

Any line, segment, or ray that passes through the midpoint of a segment and is perpendicular to that segment is a ________________. (a)  

• perpendicular bisector
• median
• point of concurrency
• concurrent lines
• circumcenter
• centroid
• altitude

The point of concurrency of the perpendicular bisectors of the sides of a triangle is called the ________________. (a)  

• circumcenter
• median
• altitude

• perpendicular bisector
• concurrent lines
• point of concurrency
• centroid

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

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

• altitude
• median
• point of concurrency
• perpendicular bisector
• concurrent lines
• centroid
• circumcenter

The point of concurrency of the medians of a triangle is always inside the triangle and is called the ________________. (a)   ​

• centroid
• median
• point of concurrency
• perpendicular bisector
• concurrent lines
• circumcenter
• altitude

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

The point of intersection of concurrent lines is called the ________________. (a)  

• point of concurrency
• median
• perpendicular bisector
• concurrent lines
• circumcenter
• centroid
• altitude

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.3