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Triangle Centers...
Triangle Centers and special segments
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| circumcenter | Point of concurrency of Perpendicular Bisectors |
| centroid | Point of concurrency of Medians |
| orthocenter | Point of concurrency of Altitudes |
| incenter | Point of concurrency of Angle Bisectors |
| incenter | a point equidistant from the sides of a triangle |
| circumcenter | a point equidistant from the vertices of a triangle |
| incenter | the point you use to inscribe a circle in a triangle |
| circumcenter | the point you use to circumscribe a circle about a triangle |
| centroid | the point 2/3 of the distance from each vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side |
| circumcenter and orthocenter | the only 2 points of concurrency that can be OUTSIDE or ON an obtuse triangle |
| midsegment | a segment that divides 2 sides of a triangle in half AND is parallel to the 3rd side |