Perpendicular bisectors
What is a perpendicular bisector of a side of a triangle?
A line that is perpendicular to a side and passes through its midpoint
A line that bisects an angle
A line that divides the triangle into two equal areas
A line that connects a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side
What is the point of intersection of the perpendicular bisectors of a triangle called?
Circumcenter
Centroid
Incenter
Orthocenter
What is special about the circumcenter of a triangle?
It divides the triangle into three equal parts
It lies on one of the sides
It is equidistant from all three vertices
It is always inside the triangle
The circumcenter is the center of which circle?
Circumcircle
Excircle
Unit circle
Incircle
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