Parallelism Flashcards
Triangle inequality Theorem
The length of any of the sides of a triangle must be shorter than the lengths of the other two sides added together.
Concurrence
Three or more lines meet at a single point.
Medians
Lines draw from the vertices that bisect the opposite side.
Centroid
Point where three median lines are concurrent. Also center of mass.
Altitude
Perpendicular line segments drawn from the vertex to the opposite side.
Orthocenter
Where three altitude lines are concurrent. This point does not need to be inside the triangle.
Angle Bisectors
Lines draw from the angle that splits an angle in half.
Incenter
Point where the three angle bisectors are concurrent. Works in an acute triangle in which all angles less then 90 degrees. Always meets inside the triangle.
Exterior Angle
The measurement between the shape and each line segment when you stretch it out past its shape. However many sides it has is how many exterior angles it has.
Exterior Angle=360/n
Interior angle
Supplementary angle to the exterior Angle.
Interior angle=180-360/n
Interior angle=(n-2)*180/n
Circumcenter
The point where three perpendicular bisectors are concurrent. The circle touches all three vertices and is outside the triangle.
30 60 90 right triangles
Short side: a
Second side: aroot(3)
Hypotenuse: 2a