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  Study: Circles and Triangles Study Guide
Geometry Sem 1 Name:  
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Use the questions below to keep track of key concepts from this lesson's study
activity.

1) Practice: Summarizing
In your own words, explain what it means to inscribe a shape.

inscribe:
to fit one shape tightly inside another shape

2) Practice:Using Visual Cues and Asking Questions

Use the diagrams to answer each question.

How do you know this triangle is How do you know this circle is
inscribed in the circle? inscribed in the triangle?
circle
1. The entire triangle is inside 1. The entire is inside
the circle. the triangle.

2. Each vertex of the triangle 2. The circle is tangent to each

touches the circle. side of the triangle.

3) Practice: Using Mental Images

Answer each question.

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 exactly one
How many different circles can be inscribed in a given triangle?

How many different triangles can be inscribed in a given circle? more than one

4) Practice: Summarizing

In 15 words or fewer, define incenter.

incenter: the center of a circle inscribed in a triangle

5) Practice: Using Visual Cues

Use the diagram to complete the list.

What do you want to know?

Incenter of a Triangle
inside
a point that is always
a triangle

center of the only circle that

can be inscribed in the triangle
sides
equidistant from all of
the triangle
angle
point where all
bisectors of the triangle intersect

6) Practice: Summarizing
In your own words, explain what it means to circumscribe a shape.

circumscribe: to fit one shape tightly around another shape

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7) Practice: Using Visual Cues and Asking Questions
Use the diagrams to answer each question.

How do you know this circle is How do you know this triangle is
circumscribed about the triangle? circumscribed about the circle?

1. The circle is around the entire 1. The triangle is around the entire
triangle circle
. .
vertex
2. Each of the triangle 2. The circle is tangent to each
side
touches the circle. of the triangle.

8) Practice: Using Mental Images

Answer each question.

How many different circles can be circumscribed about a given triangle?

exactly one

How many different triangles can be circumscribed about a given circle?

more than one

9) Practice: Summarizing
In 15 words or fewer, define circumcenter.

the center of a circle circumscribed about a triangle

circumcenter:

10) Practice: Using Visual Cues

Use the diagram to complete the list.

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 Circumcenter of a Triangle

point
a that is sometimes
inside a triangle

center of the only circle that

can be circumscribed about the
triangle
vertices
equidistant from all of
the triangle

point where all perpendicular

bisectors of the triangle's sides
intersect

11) Practice: Making Mental Images and Organizing Information

Fill in the blanks to complete the chart.

Where's the Circumcenter?

Triangle Circumcenter
inside
Acute the triangle

Right On the hypotenuse

(the side opposite the
right angle)

Obtuse the triangle

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