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Review 6.2­6.5
Vocabulary to Review
Perpendicular Bisector line, segment, or ray that is perpendicular to a segment, intersecting at the midpoint
Angle Bisector line, segment, or ray that divides an angle into two congruent parts
Isosceles Triangle 2 congruent sides (angles opposite these sides are also congruent)
Equilateral Triangle all sides and angles congruent Scalene Triangle no sides are congruent
Circumcenter point where perpendicular bisectors all meet
Incenter point where angle bisectors all meet
Median a line from a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side
Centroid point where medians all meet Altitude a line from a vertex perpendicular to the opposite side
Orthocenter point where altitudes all meet
Midsegment segment in a triangle whose endpoints are the midpoint of the two sides
Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of the line going through the given points.
1. (­4, 4) and (6, 6)
2. (­1, 1) and (7, ­5)
Determine if point C lies on the perpendicular bisector of AB. Prove your answer algebraically.
3. A (1, 3), B(7, 4), C(5, 7)
Determine if the set of points creates an isosceles triangle. Prove your answer algebraically.
4. A(­1, 0), B(­3, ­3), C(­4, 0)
5. A(2, 1), B(2, 4), C(5, 4)
6. Find x and the length of each side.
x + 2
2x ­ 2
x + 4
7. In triangle RST, point P is the midpoint of RS, and point Q is the midpoint of RT. If PQ = n + 9 and ST = 3n ­ 3, find the lengths of PQ and ST.
Each figure shows a triangle with one or more of its medians.
Each figure shows a triangle with one of its angle bisectors.
This figure shows a triangle with its three angle bisectors intersecting at point P.