Specialty Lines in Triangles

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

• altitude 
• perpendicular bisector
• midsegment
• angle bisector

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

• angle bisector
• perpendicular bisector
• median
• midsegment

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.9

Which of the following segments represents a median?

• Segment BX
• Segment AZ
• Segment AC
• Segment BZ

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

Name the point of intersection shown in the middle.

• Circumcenter / centre of the circumscribed circle

• Incenter / centre of the inscribed circle

• Supercenter

• Neither

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

Name the point of intersection shown in the middle

• Circumcenter / centre of the circumscribed circle

• Incenter / centre of the inscribed circle

• centroid

• midsegment

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

When you draw the medians of a triangle it creates the point of concurrency / intersection called the _____________.

• Centroid

• Incenter

• Perpendicular Bisectors

• Altitude

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

The centroid cuts each median into two segments.  The shorter segment is ___________ the length of the entire segment.

• one third
• two thirds
• three fourths
• one half

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

Which point is equidistant from the vertices of a triangle?

• Circumcenter
• Incenter
• perpendicular bisector
• angle bisector

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

Which point is equidistant from the sides of a triangle?

• Circumcenter
• Incenter
• perpendicular bisector
• angle bisector

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

The mid segment of the triangle is 5x-1. Find the value of x.

• x = 6
• x = 7
• x = 11.8
• x = 12.4

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CCSS.HSG.SRT.B.4