Circumcenters and Bisectors

Z is the circumcenter of triangle TUV. Find TU.

• 30

• 38

• 34

• 19

What type of center is point M?

• Circumcenter

• Incenter

• Centroid

• Orthocenter

P is the incenter of triangle JKL. Find ML.

Hint: you will have to use pythagorean theorem

• 8.95

• 9.35

• 10.25

• 12.65

If GC is 11, what is AG?

• 11

• 9

• cannot determine

• 5.5

Fido wants to place his dog house equally spaced from a fire hydrant, his favorite tree, and the dirt mound where he buried his favorite bone, as displayed by the triangle shown at the right. In relation to this triangle, Fido should place his dog house at the _______.

• Circumcenter

• Incenter

• Centroid

• Orthocenter

When three perpendicular bisectors meet, they form a point called a _______.

The point where the 3 perpendicular bisectors of a triangle cross is called the ___?

• Midsegment

• Incenter

• Circumcenter

• Centroid

When you draw the perpendicular bisectors of a triangle it creates the point of concurrency called the _____________.

• Centroid

• Incenter

• Circumcenter

• Orthocenter

What is the special property of a circumcenter?

• Equidistant from each vertex of the triangle.

• Equidistant from each side of the triangle.

• Balancing point!

• Nothing really...

What point of concurrency is shown?

• incenter

• centroid

• circumcenter

• orthocenter