Geometry Chapter #5 -- Quiz 1

25 July 2022

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perpendicular bisector

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a line that is perpendicular to a side of a triangle & cuts that triangle in half

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angle bisector

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a line that cuts an angle of a triangle in half

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median

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a segment from a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side

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altitude

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a perpendicular segment from a vertex to the line containing the opposite side used to find area

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circumcenter

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point of intersection of the perpendicular bisectors of a triangle equidistant from each vertex

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incenter

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point of intersection of the angle bisectors of a triangle equidistant from every side

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centroid

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point of intersection of the medians of a triangle distance from vertex → 2/3 length of the whole median

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orthocenter

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the point of intersection of the three altitudes of a triangle

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altitude orthocenter median centroid (angle) (bisector) incenter (perpendicular) (bisector) circumcenter

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