*Medians & Centroid

Directions:

1. Hit the play button at the bottom center of the applet or use the fast-forward/rewind arrows to advance through each step of the completed construction.[br]2. Construct the medians and centroid on a triangle of your own creation. (Use the polygon tool to create your triangle). [br]3. Answer the free response questions below.

Play through this construction of the centroid...

Constructing Medians

The point of concurrency for 3 medians of a triangle is called the [u]centroid[/u].

Constuct Medians and Centroid of Your Triangle

Drag a vertex (A, B, or C) of the completed construction.

Where is the centroid located?

Sometimes inside the triangle, on the triangle, sometimes on a side of the triangle. Sometimes inside the triangle, on the triangle, sometimes on a side of the triangle, sometimes outside the triangle. Sometimes inside the triangle; sometimes on a vertex of the triangle. Always inside the triangle.

https://brilliant.org/wiki/triangles-centroid/

[color=#bf9000]What is one thing you learned by following the link above? [/color]

https://brilliant.org/wiki/triangles-centroid/

[color=#bf9000]What questions arose when you were reading about the centroid?[/color]

*Medians & Centroid

Directions:

Play through this construction of the centroid...

Constructing Medians

Constuct Medians and Centroid of Your Triangle

Drag a vertex (A, B, or C) of the completed construction.

https://brilliant.org/wiki/triangles-centroid/

https://brilliant.org/wiki/triangles-centroid/

Informazioni: *Medians & Centroid