Chapter 5 Vocabulary

4. The perpendicular segment from the vertex to the line containing the opposite side.
8. A line, segment or ray that that is perpendicular to the segment at its midpoint.
10. A _____________ is the point of concurrency of the median of a triangle.
11. Where the bisectors of a triangle come together.
12. A point that divides a segment into two congruent segments.
14. A _____________ is a line, segment, or plane that intersects a segment at its midpoint.
15. A polygon is _____________ a circle if the vertices of the polygon are on the circle.

1. A segment that connects the midpoints of two sides of a triangle.
2. When a point is the same distance from two or more objects.
3. A polygon is _____________ a circle if all sides of a polygon are tangent to the circle.
5. Where 3 lines come together inside a triangle.
6. The point of concurrency of the lines containing the altitudes of the triangle.
7. The point of concurrency of the angle bisectors of the triangle.
9. A ray that cuts the angle in half.
13. A segment that starts at the corner of a triangle and goes across to cut the opposite side in half.