Assignment 4:
"Prove the the 3 angle bisectors of the inner angles that a
triangle room concurrent."
by
Margo Gonterman
The angle bisector of an angle abc is a ray ad such edge ABD = angle DBC.
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Angle Bisector Construction
- mark a suggest E top top the segment BC.
- build a circle with facility B and also radius BE.
- note the intersection the the circle with ab as allude F.
- build a circle with center E and also radius EF.
- construct a one with center F and radius EF.
- mark an intersection the the 2 circles as allude D.
- draw a ray AD.
- advertisement is the edge bisector of edge ABC.
Proof of angle Bisector Construction
- attach EF, DE, and also DF.
- DF=FE due to the fact that both space radii the the circle with facility F.
- EF=EF since both space radii the the one with center E.
- therefore EF=FD=DE.
- Triangle DEF is an equilateral triangle and also angle DEF = edge EFD = angle FDE = 60 degrees.
- BF=BE through construction
- hence Triangle BEF is an isosceles triangle
- because the triangle is isosceles, angle BFE = edge BEF.
- edge BFE + angle EFD = edge BEF + edge DEF
- edge BFD = edge BED
- climate triangle BFD is congruent to triangle BED by SAS.
- Specifically, angle FBD = angle DBE
or angle ABD = edge DBC
- thus BD is the edge bisector of angle ABC
Proof of Concurrency of edge Bisectors the a Triangle
- offered a triangle ABC, construct the angle bisectors of edge BAC and angle ABC.
- mark the intersection of of the two rays as the point K.
- indigenous the point K, construct segments that space perpendicular to each of the three sides the the triangle.
- brand the intersection point out on side BC, AC, abdominal as D, E, F respectively.
- Now think about triangle BFK and triangle BDK.
- angle BDK = angle BFK since they are both best angles.
- angle FBK = angle DBK due to the fact that BK is the edge bisector.
- BK is common in both triangles.
- Therefore, triangle BDK is congruent come triangle BFK through AAS.
- special, FK = DK.
- Now take into consideration triangle AFK and triangle AEK.
- angle AFK = angle AEK because they are both appropriate angles.
- angle FAK = angle EAK due to the fact that AK is the angle bisector.
- AK is common to both triangles.
- as such triangle AFK is congruent to triangle AEK by AAS.
- specifically, FK= KE.
- FK = KE = KD.
- Now, think about triangle CDK and also triangle CEK.
- KE=KD
- KC is typical to both triangles.
- angle KDC = edge KEC since they space both best angles.
- then triangle CDK is congruent to triangle CEK through Hypotenuse-Side
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- therefore angle DCK = angle ECK
Thus the edge bisectors of the interior angles that the triangle space concurrent.
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Incenter
The point of concurrency that the angle bisectors the a triangle is the incenter the the triangle.