CUA 6C Review- Segments in Triangles

Front

What is a perpendicular bisector?

Back

A line that divides a segment into two equal parts at a 90-degree angle.

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What is the circumcenter of a triangle?

Back

The point where the perpendicular bisectors of the sides of a triangle intersect.

Front

If AE is 5 and AG is 12, what is GE?

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10.1

Front

What is an angle bisector?

Back

A line that divides an angle into two equal angles.

Front

What is the incenter of a triangle?

Back

The point where the angle bisectors of a triangle intersect.

Front

If BX is 2, what is BZ?

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2

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What type of segments are drawn to find the centroid of a triangle?

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Medians.

Front

What is a median in a triangle?

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A segment that connects a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side.

Front

The centroid cuts each median into two segments. The shorter segment is ___________ the length of the entire segment.

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one third.

Front

What is the relationship between the centroid and the medians of a triangle?

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The centroid divides each median into a ratio of 2:1.