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Equidistant equal distance from two figures

Midsegment line segment connecting the midpoints of two of a triangles


sides
Median of a triangle line segment connecting a vertex to the midpoint of
the opposite side
Centroid point of concurrency for the three medians of a triangle
Perpendicular Bisector A line that both bisects and is perpendicular to a
line segment
Altitude a line that both extends from a vertex to the opposite line or an
extension of the opposite line and is perpendicular to it
Concurrent meet at a single point
Circumcenter point of concurrency for the three perpendicular bisectors
of a triangle
Incenter point of concurrency for the three angle bisectors of a triangle
Orthorcenter point of concurrency for the three altitudes of a triangle
Theorem 5.1 Midsegment Theorem The Midsegment of a triangle is
parallel to the third side and is half as long as the third side.
Theorem 5.! Perpendicular Bisector Theorem In a plane if a point is
on the perpendicular bisector of a segment then it is equidistant from the
endpoints of the segment.
Theorem 5." Con#erse of the Perpendicular Bisector Theorem In a
plane if a point is equidistant from the endpoints of a segment then it is on
the perpendicular bisector of the segment.
Theorem 5.$ Concurrenc% of Perpendicular Bisector of a Triangle
The perpendicular bisectors of a triangle intersect at a point that is
equidistant from the vertices of the triangle.
Theorem 5.1& unavailable If one side of a triangle is long than another
side then the angle opposite the long side is larger than the angle opposite
the shorter side.
Theorem 5.11 unavailable If one angle of a triangle is larger than
another angle then the side opposite the larger angle is longer than the side
opposite smaller angles.
Theorem 5.1! Triangle Inequalit% Theorem The sum of the lengths of
any sides of a triangle is greater than the length of the third side.
Theorem 5.1" 'inge Theorem ()1* If two sides of one triangle are
congruent to two sides of another triangle and the included angle of the first
larger than the included angle of the second triangle then the third side of
the first triangle is longer than the third side of the second triangle.
Theorem 5.1$ Con#erse to the 'inge Theorem ()1* If two sides of one
triangle are congruent to the two sides of another triangle and the third side
of the first triangle is longer than the third side of the second triangle then
the included angle of the first triangle is larger tan the included angle of the
second triangle.

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