Vocabulary Flashcards
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Centroid
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The point of concurrency if the medians in the triangle. Always lies in the interior of the triangle.
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Median
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A line segment that connects a vertex of the triangle to the midpoint on the opposite side. Three medians in a triangle.
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Centroid theorem
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The centroid is located at two thirds the distance from each vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side.
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Altitude
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A line segment from a vertex to the opposite side meeting at a right angle. The altitude can lie on the interior or exterior of the triangle.
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Orthocenter
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The point of concurrency of the altitudes in the triangle.
