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    11/12/2022

    Honors Geometry
    Triangle Centers Constructions
    Incenter, Centroid,
    Circumcenter & Orthocenter
    MCC9-12.G.CO.10 Prove theorems about triangles. Theorems include: measures of
    interior angles of a triangle sum to 180 degrees; base angles of isosceles triangles are
    congruent; the segment joining midpoints of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the
    third side and half the length; the medians of a triangle meet at a point.

    Incenter Properties
    • The three angle bisectors of a triangle intersect at the incenter.
    • The incenter is equidistant from the sides of the triangle.
    • Meaning, if you make a perpendicular segment from the incenter to each side
    of the triangle, the three perpendicular segments are of equal length.
    • The incenter is always inside the triangle.
    • If you draw a circle using the incenter as the center of the circle and a
    perpendicular segment as the radius, the result is an inscribed circle called the
    incircle.

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    Examples
    • In the diagram, D is the incenter of ΔXYZ. Find DB.

    • In the diagram, L is the incenter of ΔEGJ. Find HL.

    Centroid Properties
    • Median: A segment whose endpoints are a vertex of the triangle and the midpoint of
    the opposite side.
    • The three medians of a triangle intersect at the centroid.
    • The centroid is two-thirds of the distance from each vertex to the midpoint of the
    opposite side.
    • Meaning, the segment from the vertex to the centroid is twice as long as the segment
    from the centroid to the midpoint.
    • The centroid is always inside the triangle.

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    Example
    • Point G is the centroid of ΔABC and BG = 6, AF = 12, and AE = 15.

    FC = _________ GF = _________

    BF = _________ AG = _________

    GE = _________

    Example
    • The medians of ΔXYZ intersect at point P, YP = 12, LX = 15, and LZ = 18.

    LY = _________ NP = _________

    YN = _________ ZP = _________

    LP = _________

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    Circumcenter Properties
    • Perpendicular Bisector: A line, ray, or segment perpendicular to a segment at
    its midpoint.
    • The three perpendicular bisectors of a triangle intersect at the circumcenter.
    • The circumcenter is equidistant from the vertices of the triangle.
    • Meaning, if you make a segment from the circumcenter to each vertex of the
    triangle, the three segments are of equal length.

    Circumcenter Properties (Cont.)


    • The circumcenter can fall inside of, on, or outside of the triangle.
    • If you draw a circle using the circumcenter as the center of the circle and a
    segment from the circumcenter to a vertex as the radius, the result is an
    circumscribed circle called the circumcircle.

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    Example
    • The perpendicular bisectors of ΔMNO meet at point S. Find:

    NS = OS =

    PM =

    OR =

    Example
    • G is the circumcenter of ΔABC. Find the following:

    BG = CG =

    EC =

    CF =

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    Orthocenter Properties
    • Altitude: The perpendicular segment from a vertex of a triangle to the
    opposite side or to the line containing the opposite side.
    • The three perpendicular altitudes of a triangle intersect at the orthocenter.
    • The orthocenter can fall inside of, on, or outside of the triangle.

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    Fun Facts
    • Fun fact #1: The centroid, circumcenter, and orthocenter always lie on a line
    called the Euler line.
    • Fun fact #2: If the triangle is equilateral, then the circumcenter, centroid, and
    orthocenter are all the same point.

    • http://www.mathopenref.com/eulerline.html

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