Chapter 5:2: Medians and Altitudes of Triangle Flashcards
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Centroid
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the point of concurrency of the medians of a triangle
2
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Altitude
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In a triangle, a segment from a vertex of the triangle to the line containing the opposite side and perpendicular to that triangle
3
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Orthocenter
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the point of concurrency of the altitudes of a triangle.
4
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Centroid Theorem
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The medians of a triangle intersect at a point called the centroid that is 2/3 of the distance from each vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side
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Median
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In a triangle, a line segment with endpoints that are a vertex of a triangle and the midpoint of the side opposite the vertex.
