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Special Segments vocabulary

Primarily Ch 5 from McDougall Littell Geometry Chapter 5

AB
bisectdivides into two equal pieces
midsegmentconnects midpoints of sides
equidistantsame distance
concurrent3 or more segments intersecting
circumcenterequidistant from vertices of triangle
incenterequidistant from sides of triangle
centroid2/3 from vertex, 1/3 from side
medianpoint of concurrency is centroid
altitudeheight
angle bisectorpoint of concurrency is incenter
vertexpoint of intersection of the two rays of an angle
Hinge TheoremAll else being equal the longer side is across from the larger angle
Converse of the Hinge TheoremAll else being equal, the larger angle is across from the longer side
Midsegment TheoremParallel to side not intersected and 1/2 as long
orthocenterconcurrency of altitudes
Triangle Inequality Theoremthe sum of the lengths of any two sides must be > than the third side
Indirect ProofProve that it can't be false so it must be true
Triangle Sum TheoremThe interior angles sum to 180
Exterior Angle TheoremEquals sum of the two remote interior angles
perpendicular bisectorpoint of concurrency is circumcenter


Mrs. Gilley

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