tudy uide and ssessment nderstanding and sing the ocabulary fter completing this chapter, you should be able to define each term, property, or phrase and give an example or two of each. altitude (p. 4) angle bisector (p. 40) base (p. 4) centroid (pp. 0, 44) circumcenter (p. 44) concurrent (p. 0) uler line (p. 45) hypotenuse (p. 5) incenter (p. 45) leg (pp. 4, 5) median (p. ) eview ctivities or more review activities, visit: www.geomconcepts.com nine-point circle (p. 45) orthocenter (p. 45) perpendicular bisector (p. 5) ythagorean heorem (p. 5) ythagorean triple (p. ) tate whether each sentence is true or false. If false, replace the underlined word(s) to make a true statement.. In igure,,, and are concurrent.. he point where all of the altitudes of a triangle intersect is called the centroid.. In igure, is a(n) altitude of. igure is a(n) median of. 4. In igure, 5. In igure, () () () by the ythagorean heorem. is a(n) hypotenuse of.. In igure,. In a(n) acute triangle, one of the altitudes lies outside the triangle. I in I.. In igure, is a(n) angle bisector of igure is a(n) perpendicular bisector of. 9. In igure 4, 0. he side opposite the right angle of a right triangle is called the leg. igure igure 4 kills and oncepts Objectives and xamples eview xercises esson Identify and construct medians in triangles. In,,, and are medians. ind W if W.5. ince W.5, W (.5) or 5. hapter ore bout riangles W efer to at the left for xercises 4.. ind W if W.. If 4.5, find.. What is the measure of W if W? 4. If 0, find. 5. In, and are medians. If 5x, x, and x, find. www.geomconcepts.com/vocabulary_review
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