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Chapter Five Vocab.
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Mathematics
8th Grade
12/15/2012

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midsegment
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a segment connecting the midpoints of 2 sides of a triangle
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distance from a point to a line
Definition
the length of the perpendicular segment from the point to the line
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concurrent
Definition
describes three or more lines that intersect in one point
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point of concurrency
Definition
the point at which three or more lines intersect in
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median of a triangle
Definition
a segment whose endpoint is a vertex and the midpoint of the opposite side
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altitude of a triangle
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the perpendicular segment from a vertex to the line containing the opposite side
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comparison property of inequality
(not really vocab but I thought I should throw it in :)
Definition
if a=b+c and c>0, then a>b
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circumscribed about
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inscribed in
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