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5.2 Notes: Medians and Altitudes of Triangle
The length of this snickers bar is 18cm. What is 2/3 the length The length of this snickers bar is 18cm. What is 2/3 the length? What is 1/3 of the length of the snickers bar? 18cm.
Vocabulary Median: A segment with endpoints being a vertex of the triangle and the midpoint of the opposite side. Centroid: The point of concurrency of the medians of the triangle Centroid Theorem: The centroid that is 2/3 of the distance from each vertex and 1/3 the distance from each side.
Example 1: In ΔXYZ, P is the centroid and YV = 12. Find YP and PV. Given the information about triangle XYZ, how can I mark up the triangle if knowing P is the centroid?
Example 2: In ΔABC, CG = 4. Find GE. Given the picture of the triangle, what is G in my picture?
Vocabulary Altitude: A segment from a vertex to the line containing the opposite side and perpendicular to the line containing that side. Orthocenter: The lines containing the altitudes of a triangle are concurrent, intersecting at a point.
Perpendicular Bisector Point of Concurrency : Special Property:
Angle Bisector Point of Concurrency : Special Property:
Median Point of Concurrency : Special Property:
Altitude Point of Concurrency : Special Property:
Summary! In ∆𝑃𝑄𝑅, NQ = 6, RK = 3, and PK = 4. Find each measure using the figure below. KM 2) KQ LK 4) LR NK 6) PM
Summary! Draw an altitude from point B to 𝐴𝐶 in triangle ABC. Make all necessary markings.
Summary! For numbers 8 - 11, give the name of the point of concurrency for each of the following. 8. Angle Bisectors of a Triangle 9. Medians of a Triangle 10. Altitudes of a Triangle 11. Perpendicular Bisectors of a Triangle
Summary! For numbers 12 – 13, complete each of the following statements. 12. The incenter of a triangle is equidistant from the _______________ of the triangle. 13. The circumcenter of a triangle is equidistant from the _________________ of the triangle.