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Triangle Bisectors and Concurrency: Explained with Examples - Helpful Assistance

Explore the concept of triangle bisectors and concurrency with detailed examples and explanations. Learn how to find circumcenters and incenters, and understand the properties of these geometric points. Discover how to apply these concepts in practical scenarios, such as determining the location for a new building in a city layout.

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Triangle Bisectors and Concurrency: Explained with Examples - Helpful Assistance

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  1. 12. 8.25 23. 38 13. 26.5 24. 72 14. 53 25. 38 15. 1.3 26. 24 16. 116° 27. 24 17. 54° 28. 38 19. y + 3 = - ½ (x + 2) 43. parallel 20. y – 2 = x + 4 44. neither 21. y + 3 = 5/2 (x – 2) 45. perpendicular 22. m = 11, n = 8.5

  2. Helpful Hint The perpendicular bisector of a side of a triangle does not always pass through the opposite vertex. When three or more lines intersect at one point, the lines are said to be concurrent. The point of concurrency is the point where they intersect. In the construction, you saw that the three perpendicular bisectors of a triangle are concurrent. This point of concurrency is the circumcenter of the triangle.

  3. The circumcenter can be inside the triangle, outside the triangle, or on the triangle. The circumcenter of ΔABC is the center of its circumscribed circle. A circle that contains all the vertices of a polygon is circumscribed about the polygon.

  4. DG, EG, and FG are the perpendicular bisectors of ∆ABC. Find GC. Example 1: G is the circumcenter of ∆ABC. By the Circumcenter Theorem, G is equidistant from the vertices of ∆ABC. GC = CB Circumcenter Thm. Substitute 13.4 for GB. GC = 13.4

  5. Find the circumcenter of ∆GOH with vertices G(0, –9), O(0, 0), and H(8, 0) . Example 2 Step 1 Graph the triangle. Step 2 Find equations for two perpendicular bisectors. Since two sides of the triangle lie along the axes, use the graph to find the perpendicular bisectors of these two sides. The perpendicular bisector of GO is y = –4.5, and the perpendicular bisector of OH is x = 4. Step 3 Find the intersection of the two equations. The lines x = 4 and y = –4.5 intersect at (4, –4.5), the circumcenter of ∆GOH.

  6. Remember! The distance between a point and a line is the length of the perpendicular segment from the point to the line. A triangle has three angles, so it has three angle bisectors. The angle bisectors of a triangle are also concurrent. This point of concurrency is the incenter of the triangle.

  7. Unlike the circumcenter, the incenter is always inside the triangle. The incenter is the center of the triangle’s inscribed circle. A circle inscribedin a polygon intersects each line that contains a side of the polygon at exactly one point.

  8. MP and LP are angle bisectors of ∆LMN. Find the distance from P to MN. The distance from P to LM is 5. So the distance from P to MN is also 5. Example 3A: P is the incenter of ∆LMN. By the Incenter Theorem, P is equidistant from the sides of ∆LMN.

  9. Example 3b XR is the bisector of QRY. QX is the bisector of PQR. QX and RX are angle bisectors of ∆PQR. Find mPQX. mQRY= 2mXRY mQRY= 2(12°)= 24° Substitute 12° for mXRY. mPQR + mQRP + mRPQ = 180° ∆ Sum Thm. mPQR+ 24 + 52= 180 Substitute the given values. Subtract 76° from both sides. mPQR = 104° Substitute 104° for mPQR.

  10. Example 4: Community Application A city planner wants to build a new library between a school, a post office, and a hospital. Draw a sketch to show where the library should be placed so it is the same distance from all three buildings. Let the three buildings be vertices of a triangle. By the Circumcenter Theorem, the circumcenter of the triangle is equidistant from the vertices. Draw the triangle formed by the three buildings. To find the circumcenter, find the perpendicular bisectors of each side. The position for the library is the circumcenter.

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