5.3 Flashcards
when three or more lines intersect in one point
concurrent
the point at witch they intersect
point of concurrency
the point of concurrency of the perpendicular bisectors of a triangle
circumcenter of the triangle
when the points are equidistant to the center of the triangle outside the triangle
circumscribed about
the point of concurrency of the angle bisectors of a triangle
incenter of the triangle
when the points inside the triangle are equidistant to the center
inscribed in
a segemnt whose endpoints are a vertex and the midpoint of the oppisote side
median of a triagle
he point of concurrency of the medians
centroid
the perpendicular segement from a vertex to the line containing the opposite side
altitude of a triangle
the lines containing the altitudes of a triangle are concurrent at the
orthocenter of the triangle