PERPENDICULAR BISECTORS OF A TRIANGLE (Circumcenter) 1.

Label the vertices of your

A, B, and C.

Use a ruler for the following. Measure in cm. 2. Find the midpoint of A and call it F. B 3. Find the midpoint of A C and call it E. 4. Find the midpoint of B C and call it D. 5. Draw in the 6. Draw in the 7. Draw in the 8. The 3

bisector of A . B bisector of bisector of

A . C B . C

bisectors should be concurrent. The point of concurrency

is called the circumcenter. Label the circumcenter O. 9. Draw in O , O , and O . Each length is known as a A B C circumradius. 10. Find the measure of O , O , and O . They should be A B C congruent. 11. Draw a circle with center O and radius O . It should circumscribe A the

. This circle is called the circumcircle.

ANGLE BISECTORS OF A TRIANGLE (Incenter)

1. Label the vertices of your 2. Find m . A

A, B, and C.

Use a protractor for the following.

3. Use m to draw in the angle bisector of A 4. Find m . B

. A

5. Use m to draw in the angle bisector of m B B 6. Find m . C 7. Use m to draw in the angle bisector of m C C 8. The 3

bisectors should be concurrent.

to
to

The point of

concurrency is called the incenter. Label the incenter I. 9. Draw a line the
B C that goes through I. Call the intersection of

line and

B , point D. C A C

10. Draw a line the

that goes through I. Call the intersection of

line and

A , point E. C

11. Draw a line the

to AB that goes through I. Call the intersection of

line and AB , point F.

12. Measure ID , IE , and IF . Each length is known as an inradius. 13. Draw a circle with center I and radius ID . It should be inscribed in the

. This circle is called the incircle.

MEDIANS OF A TRIANGLE (Centroid)

1. Label the vertices of your

A, B, and C.

Use a ruler for the following. Measure in cm. 2. Find the midpoint of A and call it F. B 3. Find the midpoint of A C and call it E. 4. Find the midpoint of B C and call it D. 5. Draw in A , B , and C . F D E 6. The 3 medians should be concurrent. The point of concurrency is called the centroid. Label the incenter G. 7. Measure A G and G . Measure B D G and G . Measure E
C G and G . The centroid should divide each median in a ratio F

of 1:2. 8. 6 small triangles are created in the figure. Find the area of each triangle. Each triangle should have the same area. Because of this the median is the center of gravity/balance for a triangle.

ALTITUDES OF A TRIANGLE (Orthocenter)

1. Label the vertices of your

A, B, and C.

Use a ruler as a right angle for the following. 2. Draw a line the

to

B C that goes through A. Call the intersection of

line and
line and

B , point D. C A C that goes through B. Call the intersection of

3. Draw a line the

to

A , point E. C

4. Draw a line the

to A that goes through C. Call the intersection of B

line and AB , point F.

5. The 3 altitudes should be concurrent. The point of concurrency is called the orthocenter. Label the orthocenter H. 6. Points D, E, and F are called feet because they are where the lines stand on each side. Draw in

DEF . DEF is called the

orthic triangle. The orthocenter of ABC is the incenter of

DEF