Special Segments of Triangles Advanced Geometry Triangle Congruence Lesson 4
3 or more lines Concurrent Lines Point of Concurrency intersect at a common point
Angle Bisector Incenter
passes through the midpoint circumcenter Perpendicular Bisector perpendicular
midpoint centroid Median vertex
Altitude perpendicular orthocenter
Special Segment altitude angle bisector median perpendicular bisector Characteristics vertexmidpoint separates an angle in half
Example: bisectsEDF,F = 80, and E = 30, find DGE. If
Example: is a perpendicular bisector. If LM = x + 7 and MN = 3x – 11, find the value of x and LN.
Example: is a median, RV = 4x + 9, and VT = 7x – 6. Find the value of x and RV.
The centroid of a triangle is located two thirds of the distance from a vertex to the midpoint of the side opposite the vertex on a median. THEOREM
Example: Points X, Y, and Z are midpoints. Find a, b, and c.