Segments of Triangles Part 2

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7 cards   |   Total Attempts: 188
  

Cards In This Set

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Median
Answer 1
A segment from a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side.
Centroid
Answer 2
The point of concurrency of the three medians of a triangle
Theorem - Centroid
Answer 3
The centroid of a triangle divides a median into segments that are 1/3 and 2/3 the length of the median.
Altitude
Answer 4
The perpendicular segment from a vertex to the opposite side of a triangle.
Orthocenter
Answer 5
The point of concurrency of the three atltiudes of a triangle.
Midsegment of a triangle
Answer 6
A segments that connects the midpoints of two sides of the triangle.
Midsegment Theorem
Answer 7
The midsegment is parallel to a side of the triangle and is half as long as that side.