Section 3: Incenter
Directions for Using the Applet:
1. You can move any vertex of the triangle by clicking and dragging the white points.
2. Use the smaller slider to adjust the angle in the lower left corner of the triangle.
3. Play around with both the vertices and the slider:
- Try different triangle shapes (acute, right, obtuse).
- Zoom in or out if needed for a better view.
Questions to Answer (Write in Complete Sentences):
1. What kind of segments are drawn from the triangle’s vertices to the opposite sides? What makes you say that?
2. How do these three segments intersect? Describe what you see.
3. The point inside the triangle is the incenter. Describe the three equal distances connected to it.
4. Why are those distances equal? What previously learned theorem supports this?