Triangle Segments

Question 1

Perpendicular Bisector

Answer 1

intersects a side of a triangle at a 90 degree angle

Question 2

Circumcenter

(perpendicular bisector)

Answer 2

a point equidistant from each vertex of the triangle

Question 3

Median

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Centroid

(median)

Answer 4

two-thirds the distance from each vertex to the opposite side’s midpoint
balancing point of the triangle

Question 5

Angle Bisector

Answer 5

divides an angle of a triangle into two congruent angles

Question 6

Incenter

(angle bisector)

Answer 6

equidistant from each side of the triangle

Question 7

Altitudes

Answer 7

perpendicular segments from a vertex to a point on the opposite side or a line that contains the opposite side of the vertex

Question 8

Orthocenter

(angle bisectors)

Answer 8

no special properties

Question 9

Isosceles Triangles + Special Segments

Answer 9

the line of symmetry is also all of the special segments

Question 10

Equilateral Triangles + Special Segments

Answer 10

all special segments and points of congruency coincide