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CentroidWarmUp Key

1. This document provides steps to solve geometry problems involving centroids of triangles. 2. It defines the centroid as the point of concurrency of the medians of a triangle, which is located 2/3 of the distance from each vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side. 3. It then works through an example problem, where it is given information about a triangle DEF including side lengths and the distance from a point P to one vertex, and calculates the lengths of various sides and segments within the triangle using the properties of centroids.

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CentroidWarmUp Key

1. This document provides steps to solve geometry problems involving centroids of triangles. 2. It defines the centroid as the point of concurrency of the medians of a triangle, which is located 2/3 of the distance from each vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side. 3. It then works through an example problem, where it is given information about a triangle DEF including side lengths and the distance from a point P to one vertex, and calculates the lengths of various sides and segments within the triangle using the properties of centroids.

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NAME:________________________________ CLASS: YELLOW BLUE RED

CENTROID WARM-UP

STEPS

1.

2.

3.
If AD = 12 what is MD?

BONUS: IF BD =7 how much is CD?

IF CM = 10, what is CE?

BONUS: IF EB =8 how much is EA?

If MF =5 what is BF?
NAME:________________________________ CLASS: YELLOW BLUE RED

Definition: Concurrency of Median Picture Geometry


of a Triangle

SHOW YOUR STEPS OR NO CREDIT!!!

P is the centroid of DEF, EH DF, DH =9, DG=7.5, EP=8, and DE=FE

E
1. Find the length of FH

G J

2. Find the lenth of EH


D
H F

3. Find the length of PH


NAME:________________________________ CLASS: YELLOW BLUE RED

CENTROID WARM-UP KEY

STEPS

1. Label your pieces

2. Write your formula

3. Substitute and Math


M is the centroid of ABC
If AD = 12 what is MD?
1
2. AD = MD
3
1 3.
1 (12) = x
3 3
2 4 =x
3

BONUS: IF BD =7 how much is CD? 7

M is the centroid of ABC


IF CM = 10, what is CE?

2
1 2. 3CE =CM
3 2 2 x =10
3.
3 3
X =15

BONUS: IF EB =8 how much is EA? 8


M is the centroid of ABC
If MF =5 what is BF?

1
2. BF = MF
3
2 1 x=5
3 3.
3
X=15
1
3
BONUS: IF AC =12 how much is AF? 6
NAME:________________________________ CLASS: YELLOW BLUE RED

Definition: Concurrency of Median Picture Geometry


of a Triangle
If P is the centroid of ABC, then
The median of a triangle intersect at
2 2 2
apoint that is two thirds of the distance AP= AE, BP= BF, CP = CD
D 3 3 3
from each vertex to the midpoint of the G EJ
opposite side P or
1 1 1
EP= AE, FP= BF, DP = CD
D
A HF CF 3 3 3

SHOW YOUR STEPS OR NO CREDIT!!! GREEN ---> GIVEN

P is the centroid of DEF, EH DF, DH =9, DG=7.5, EP=8, and DE=FE

E
1. Find the length of FH

FH = DH (Definition of median)

FH = 9 28
G 3
J

7.5
P
1
2. Find the lenth of EH 3
D
2 EH = EP 9 H F
3
2 EH = 8
3
EH = 12

3. Find the length of PH


1 EH = PH
3
1 (12) = PH
3
4 = PH
NAME:________________________________ CLASS: YELLOW BLUE RED

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