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Homework

What does center mean?

Usually center means• in the middle• same distance from sides• same distance from angles

Where is the center of a triangle?

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• Median: Segment from vertex to midpoint of opposite side

• Centroid: Where medians meet• Altitude: Segment from vertex and is

perpendicular to opposite side• Orthocenter: Where altitudes meet• Perpendicular Bisector: Segment

perpendicular to a side and through its midpoint

• Circumcenter: Where perpendicular bisectors meet.

Which center is…

Equidistant from angles?

Circumcenter

Equidistant from sides?

Centroid