Medians, Altitudes, and Midsegments in Triangles Flashcards
What is the Median of a Triangle?
A segment who endpoints are a vertex of the triangle and a midpoint of the other side.
What is the Centroid of a Triangle?
The point of concurrency of the medians of a triangle.
What is the Altitude of a Triangle?
A perpendicular segment from a vertex to the line containing the opposite side.
What is the Orthocenter of a Triangle?
The point of concurrency of the altitudes of a triangle.
What is the Midsegment of a Triangle?
A segment that joins the midpoints of the two sides of the triangle.
How many Midsegments does every triangle have?
Three.
What is a Midsegment Triangle?
A triangle with three Midsegments.
What is the Centroid Theorem?
A triangle’s Centroid is located 2/3 of the distance from each vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side.
What is the Triangle Midsegment Theorem?
A Midsegment of a triangle is parallel to a side of the triangle, and its length is half the length of that side.
How do you find the Equation of a Median?
You graph and find the slope and intercepts of the Median line.
