Center's of triangle's Flashcards

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Incenter (I)

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  • Made by intersection of 3 Angle bisectors
  • always inside triangle
  • equidistant to each side
    -property: the incenter of a triangle is equidistant from the sides of the triangle.
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Centroid (R)

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  • made by intersecting 3 medians of a triangle
  • inside triangle
  • the long side will be twice the value of the short
    segment
  • property:the centroid of a triangle is 2 thirds of the distance from each vertex to the midpt. Of the opposite side.
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Circumcenter (p)

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  • made by 3 perpendicular bisectors
    Property: the circumcenter of a triangle is equidistant from the vertices of the triangles
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Orthocenter (O)

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  • made by Intersecting three altitudes
  • property: the lines containing the attitudes of a triangle are concurrent at the orthocenter (O)
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