Vocab Flashcards
Equiangular triangles
A triangle with equal angles
Acute angles
No angles above 90 degrees
Scalene triangle
No sides are the same
Obtuse triangle
A triangle with on angle above 90 degrees
Right triangle
A triangle with one angle of exactly 90 degrees
Perpendicular bisector
A line that that intersects a line and forms a 90 degree angle
Angle bisector
A line that cuts a angle in half
Median
A number half way in between a line or set of numbers
Altitude of a triangle
altitude of a triangle is a line segment through a vertex and perpendicular to a line containing the base
Centroid
The midldle and center of gravity of a triangle
Circumcenter
Point of concurrency between the perpendicular bisectors in the middle of the triangle
Incenter
The point forming the origins the circle inscribed inside a triangle
Orthocenter
The intersection of three altitude
Vertical angles
When two lines intersect the opposite angles are vertical angles and are congruent
Linear pair
Two angles that equal 180 degrees