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