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This document defines and explains several key theorems and properties related to triangles, right triangles, circles, and their elements. It discusses triangle angle sums, exterior angles, midsegments, similarity in right triangles, side-angle inequality, triangle inequality, perpendicular bisectors, medians, altitudes, chords, arcs, tangents, and radii of circles. The document provides essential geometric information about triangles and circles in a concise yet comprehensive manner.

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Math Reviewer

This document defines and explains several key theorems and properties related to triangles, right triangles, circles, and their elements. It discusses triangle angle sums, exterior angles, midsegments, similarity in right triangles, side-angle inequality, triangle inequality, perpendicular bisectors, medians, altitudes, chords, arcs, tangents, and radii of circles. The document provides essential geometric information about triangles and circles in a concise yet comprehensive manner.

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Len Umiten
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POSTULATES/THEOREM Midsegment - segment that connects the

Postulate – true without proof midpoints of two sides of a


Theorem – with proof triangle
- 3 midsegments in every triangle
TRIANGLE
Triangle Sum - sum of the measures of all interior angles in a
Theorem triangle is 180
Corollary to the - the acute angles of a right triangle are
Triangle Sum complementary
Theorem Midsegment Theorem - the midsegment of a triangle is
half as long as the side parallel to
Exterior Angle - the measure of an exterior angle of a triangle is it
Theorem equal to the sum of the measures of the two
nonadjacent interior angles Right Triangle Theorems
- the altitude to the hypotenuse of
a right triangle forms two
triangles that are similar to each
other and to the original triangle

ACB ~ ADC ~ CDB


h2 = xy
b2 = xc
Side-Opposite - the angle opposite the longer side of a triangle a2 = yc
Angle Inequality is larger than the angle opposite the shorter side
Theorem of a triangle
CIRCLE
- congruent chords determine
congruent arcs

Its converse - the side opposite a larger angle is longer than


the side opposite a smaller angle
Triangle - the side of a triangle is shorter than the sum of
Inequality the two other sides
Theorem - the perpendicular bisector
passes through the center of a
Parts of a triangle circle
Perpendicular Bisector - segment, ray, or line that is
perpendicular to a segment at its
midpoint
- 3 PB’s in every triangle
- chords are congruent if they are
equidistant from the center

Median - segment from a vertex to the


midpoint of the opposite side
- 3 medians in every triangle

- a tangent line is perpendicular


to a radius of a circle at its point
of tangency

Altitude - a perpendicular segment from a


vertex to the line containing the
opposite side
- 3 altitudes in every triangle

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