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MEDIANS! To the left
Point of Concurrency Location It will always be located inside the triangle, because you draw a median from the midpoint of the side to the angle opposite that side.
- It is referred to as the “weighted center” or “balancing point” of a triangle.
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Angle Bisectors To the left
Point of Concurrency Location It will always be located inside the triangle, because you are bisecting the interior angles, inside the triangle.
- Equidistant from the sides of the triangle - It is the center of a circle that inscribes the triangle. Like this:
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Perpendicular Bisectors
Point of Concurrency Location ANSWER: If it is an ACUTE : INSIDE If it is a right : It will be ON the hypotenuse of the triangle because perpendicular lines form right angles. If it is an obtuse : it will be OUTSIDE
Perpendicular bisector CIRCUMCENTER - Equidistant from the vertices of the triangle - It is the center of a circle that circumscribes the triangle. Like this:
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Altitudes
Point of Concurrency Location ANSWER: If it is an ACUTE : INSIDE If it is a right : It will be ON the vertex of the 90 º angle If it is an obtuse : it will be OUTSIDE
- Can be used to find the area of a triangle
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