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Every triangle has three medians, just like it has three altitudes, angle bisectors, and perpendicular bisectors. The medians of a triangle are the segments drawn from the vertices to the midpoints of the opposite sides. The point of intersection of all three medians is called the centroid of the triangle. The centroid of a triangle is twice as far from a given vertex than it is from the midpoint to which the median from that vertex goes. For example, if a median is drawn from vertex A to midpoint M through centroid C, the length of AC is twice the length of CM. The centroid is 2/3 of the way from a given vertex to the opposite midpoint. The centroid is always on the interior of the triangle.
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Name all types of triangles for which the point of concurrency is inside the triangle?
The answer depends on what point of concurrency you are referring to. There are four segments you could be talking about in triangles. They intersect in different places in different triangles. Medians--segments from a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side. In acute, right and obtuse triangles, the point of concurrency of the medians (centroid) is inside the triangle. Altitudes--perpendicular segments from a vertex to a line containing the opposite side. In an acute triangle, the point of concurrency of the altitudes (orthocenter) is inside the triangle, in a right triangle it is on the triangle and in an obtuse triangle it is outside the triangle. Perpendicular bisectors of sides--segments perpendicular to each side of the triangle that bisect each side. In an acute triangle, the point of concurrency of the perpendicular bisectors (circumcenter) is inside the triangle, in a right triangle it is on the triangle and in an obtuse triangle it is outside the triangle. Angle bisectors--segments from a vertex to the opposite side that bisect the angles at the vertices. In acute, right and obtuse triangles, the point of concurrency of the angle bisectors (incenter) is inside the triangle.
A set of three points equidistant around a point is called an?
A set of three points equidistant around a point is called an equilateral triangle. In geometry, an equilateral triangle is a triangle in which all three sides are equal in length. The angles in an equilateral triangle are also equal, each measuring 60 degrees.
Which is the opposite and adjacent sides in a triangle?
Each triangle has three sides and three vertices. The opposite side of a triangle is the side that is not adjacent to the specified vertex. The other two sides are adjacent sides to the specified vertex. Circular definition? Yes - Here is the formal definition... Given a triangle with vertices A, B, and C, the side AB is adjacent to the angles ABC and BAC, and it is opposite to the angle ACB.
What is the point where all three angle bisectors of a triangle intersect?
Its technical name is the incenter; it's also the center of the largest circle that can be inscribed within the triangle. (It is also equidistant from the nearest point along each of the three sides, if that's not obvious.)
What is the measure of a vertex angle of an isosceles triangle if the measure of an exterior at the base is 100 degrees?
20 degrees and the two equal angles will be 80 degrees each
