Transcript

6.3MediansandAltitudesofTrianglesUsingthemedianofatriangleAmedianofatriangleisasegmentfromavertextothemidpointoftheoppositeside.Thepointwhereallthreeofthemediansintersectiscalledthecentroid.Example1:UsingthecentroidofatrianglePointQisthecentroid.SQ=8.FindQWandSW.Example2:FindtheCentroidofatriangle.FindthecentroidoftriangleRSTwiththevertices! 2, 1 , ! 5,8 ,!"# !(8,3)

UsingtheAltitudeofaTriangleAnaltitudeofatriangleistheperpendicularsegmentfromavertextotheoppositesideofthelineorthelinethatcontainstheoppositeside.

Example3:FindtheOrthocenterofatriangleFindthecentroidoftriangleRSTwiththevertices! −5,− 1 ,! −2,4 ,!"# !(3,−1)ChapterSummery:Homework3-13odd,17,20,23-26,31-36,41,44


Recommended