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16 Cards in this Set
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Concurrent
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The or more lines that intersect at a common point
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Point of Concurrency
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The intersection of three or more lines
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Perpendicular Bisectors
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Passes through the midpoint of the segment(triangle side) and is perpendicular to the segment
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Median
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Segment whose endpoints are a vertex of a triangle and the midpoint of the side opposite the vertex
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Altitude
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A segment from a vertex to the line containing the opposite side and perpendicular to the line containing that side
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Circumcenter
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The point of concurrency of the *perpendicular bisectors* of a triangle; the center of the largest circle that contains the triangle's vertices
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Centroid
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The point of concurrency for the *medians* of a triangle;point of the balance for any triangle
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Orthcenter
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Intersection point of the *altitudes* of triangle; no special significance
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Incenter
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The point of concurrency for the *angle bisectors* of a triangle;center of the largest circle that can be drawn inside the triangle
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Theorem 5.1
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Any point on the perpendicular bisector of a segment is equidistant from the endpoints of the segment
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Theorems 5.2
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Any point equidistant from the endpoints of the segments lies on the perpendicular bisector of a segment
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Theorem 5.3/Circumcenter Theorem
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*The circumcenter of a triangle is equidistant from the vertices* of a triangle
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Theorem 5.4
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Any point on the angle bisector is the equidistant from the sides of the triangle
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Theorem 5.5
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Any point equidistant from the sides of an angle lies on the angle bisector
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Theorem 5.6/Incenter Theorem
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*The incenter of triangle is equidistant from each side of the triangle*
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Theorem 5.7/Centroid Theorem
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*The centroid of a triangle is located 2/3 of the distance from a vertex to the midpoint* of the side opposite the vertex on a median
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