*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. 2. Construct the medians and centroid on a triangle of your own creation. (Use the polygon tool to create your triangle). 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 centroid.

Constuct Medians and Centroid of Your Triangle

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

Where is the centroid located?

Select all that apply

A
Always inside the triangle.
B
Sometimes inside the triangle; sometimes on a vertex of the triangle.
C
Sometimes inside the triangle, on the triangle, sometimes on a side of the triangle.
D
Sometimes inside the triangle, on the triangle, sometimes on a side of the triangle, sometimes outside the triangle.

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

What is one thing you learned by following the link above?

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

What questions arose when you were reading about the centroid?

*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/

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