Identifying Centers of Triangles

The centroid is the 3 ____ of a triangle intersect.

• Medians

• Midsegments

• Perpendicular Bisectors

• Angle Bisectos

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

The point where the 3 perpendicular bisectors of a triangle cross is called the ___?

• Midsegment

• Incenter

• Circumcenter

• Centroid

Tags

CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

The figure is an example of a(n) ...

• angle bisector
• perpendicular bisector
• median
• midsegment

The figure is an example of a(n) ...

• angle bisector
• midsegment
• altitude
• median

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CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

The figure is an example of a(n) ...

• altitude 
• perpendicular bisector
• midsegment
• angle bisector

If Z is the centroid, what type of segments are drawn?

• angle bisectors
• perpendicular bisectors
• altitudes
• medians

Tags

CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

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

• one third
• two thirds
• three fourths
• one half

Tags

CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

The altitudes of a triangle intersect at the _________________________.

• Centriod
• Circumcenter
• Incenter
• Orthocenter

Tags

CCSS.HSG.CO.C.10

The union of three angle bisectors is the

• circumcenter

• incenter

• centroid

• orthocenter

Tags

CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

This center is created by the union of three perpendicular bisectors

• incenter

• circumcenter

• orthocenter

• centroid

Tags

CCSS.HSG.C.A.3