Classifying Triangles
Interior and Exterior Angle Theorems
Medians and Altitudes in Triangles
Bisectors in Triangles
Triangle Inequalities
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Triangles are classified in two different ways. These ways are?
What is by their angles and by their sides.
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The interior angle theorem for triangles states?
The sum of the interior angles of a triangle is equal to 180 degrees.
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How many medians are there in each triangle and where do they meet?
What is 3 medians, and they meet at a point of concurrency inside the triangle called the Centroid.
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What are angle bisectors and where do their endpoints lie?
They are segments that cut an angle in half with one endpoint of the segment starting at the vertex of each angle of a triangle and the other on the side opposite that vertex.
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In the figure, state the angles from largest to smallest.
Angles:
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The three ways you can classify triangles based on their sides. These are?
What is and equilateral triangle, isosceles triangle and scalene triangle.
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What does the exterior angle theorem for triangles state?
The measures of an exterior angle is a triangle is equal to the sum of the measures of the two remote interior angles.
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The orthocenter and altitudes of a triangle can lie where for an acute, obtuse and right triangle?
Acute: Altitudes:the interior of a triangle Orthocenter: the interior of a triangle Obtuse: Altitudes: the interior/exterior of a triangle Orthocenter: The exterior of a triangle Right: Altitudes: the interior/on the side of a triangle Orthocenter: On the tringle
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What are the names of the points of concurrence for angle bisectors and perpendicular bisectors?
What is a incenter (Angle bisector) and a circumcenter (Perpendicular bisector)
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State if the three numbers can be the measures of the sides of a triangle. 12, 14, 7
YES
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There are four ways to classify a triangle based on their angles. These are?
What is an acute triangle, an equiangular triangle, and obtuse triangle and a right triangle.
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Acute angles of a right triangle are?
Complementary
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The figure shows a triangle with one of its medians (segment CJ). Find the value of x.
What is x = 10.
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In the figure, segment UP is an angle bisector, what is the value of x?
What is x=7
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Two sides of a triangle have the following measures. Find the range of possible measures for the third side. 11, 6
What is 5 < x < 17
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Explain the all 7 types of ways to classify triangles.
What is: Acute Triangle - has 3 acute angles (each less than 90 degrees) Obtuse Triangle - has 1 obtuse angle (between 90 < x < 180 degrees) Right Triangle - has 1 right angle (angle equals 90 degrees) Equiangular Triangle - 3 congruent angles (all equal to 60 degrees) Equilateral Triangle - 3 congruent sides Isosceles Triangle - at least 2 congruent sides Scalene Triangle - no congruent sides
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Find the value of x and the measure of angle A in the given figure.
x = -6 angle A = 44 degrees
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Given the following coordinates, A(-1, 11), B(3, 1), and C(7, 6) find the coordinates of the orthocenter of the triangle.
What is (3, 6)
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In the figure, segment FP is an angle bisector, what is the measure of angle 2?
What is the measure of angle 2 = 20 degrees
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Two sides of a triangle have the following measures. Find the range of possible measures for the third side. 8, 10
What is 2 < x < 18
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In Triangle ABC, angle A and angle B are congruent. What do you know about this triangle, what is the value of x, and what is the measure of segment AC
What is an Isosceles Triangle, x = 11 and AC = 29
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Find the measure of the angle indicated in the following image.
The measure of angle H = 52 degrees
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In the figure a triangle is given with one or more of its medians. Calculate the measure of segment MN.
What is segment MN = 14
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Given the coordinates of the triangle ABC, A(3, 7), B(13, 5), C(6, 2), what is the slope of the perpendicular bisector of segment AB?
What is m = 5/1 or 5
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Two sides of a triangle have the following measures. Find the range of possible measures for the third side. (2x+22), (5x-7), and (x+7)
What is 6 < x < 17
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