Special Segments in Triangles
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| midsegment | a segment that connects the midpoints of two sides of a triangle
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| perpendicular bisector | a segment, ray, line, or plane that is perpendicular to a segment at its midpoint
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| equidistant | the same distance
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| circumcenter | the point of concurrency of three perpendicular bisectors of a triangle
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| point of concurrency | the point where three or more lines, rays, or segments intersect
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| angle bisector | a ray that divides an angle into two congruent adjacent angles
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| incenter | the point of concurrency of three angle bisectors of a triangle
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| median of a triangle | a segment from a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side of a triangle
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| centroid | the point of concurrency of three medians of a triangle
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| altitude of a triangle | a perpendicular segment from a vertex to the opposite side of a triangle, or the line that contains the opposite side
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| orthocenter | the point of concurrency of three altitudes of a triangle
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