Review on Special Segments and Centers of a Triangle

The centroid is the point of concurrency of the 3 ____ of a triangle.

• Medians

• Altitudes

• Perpendicular Bisectors

• Angle Bisectos

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

• Orthocenter

• Incenter

• Circumcenter

• Centriod

Which point of concurrency is the intersection of the angle bisectors of a triangle?

• centroid

• incenter

• orthocenter

• circumcenter

Which of the following statements is correct about the circumcenter of a triangle?

• It's the intersection of the bisectors of the triangle's three angles AND

  is equidistant from the triangle's three vertices

• It's the intersection of the bisectors of the triangle's three angles AND

  is equidistant from the triangle's three sides

• It's the intersection of the perpendicular bisectors of the triangle's three sides AND

  is equidistant from the triangle's three vertices

• It's the intersection of the altitudes of the triangle's three sides AND

  is equidistant from the triangle's three vertices

Which of the following statements is correct about the incenter of a triangle?

• It's the intersection of the bisectors of the triangle's three angles AND

  is equidistant from the triangle's three vertices

• It's the intersection of the bisectors of the triangle's three angles AND

  is equidistant from the triangle's three sides

• It's the intersection of the perpendicular bisectors of the triangle's three sides AND

  is equidistant from the triangle's three vertices

• It's the intersection of the altitudes of the triangle's three sides AND

  is equidistant from the triangle's three vertices

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

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

• angle bisectors
• perpendicular bisectors
• altitudes
• medians

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

• angle bisector

• perpendicular bisector

• median

• altitude

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

• angle bisector

• perpendicular bisector

• altitude

• median

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

• altitude

• perpendicular bisector

• median

• angle bisector