Page 12 - AG Unit 2 Capacity, Cavalieri, and Constructions

AG 2.3 Constructions: Creating a tangent to a circle from external point.

Constructions – constructing the incenter

http://www.mathopenref.com/constincenter.html

Describe the properties of an incenter:

9. Angle bisectors of a triangle are concurrent at the ____________.
10. The point of concurrency for the angle bisectors is equidistant from ________________.
11. The sides of the triangle are ____________ to the circle.
12. Do you think it is possible to have more than one incenter to any triangle? Support your
answer.
13. A radius of an inscribed circle is sometimes called the inradius. Explain why that would
be a suitable name for it.