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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Can someone explain to me how to find the incenter of a triangle? im soooo confused on how to do that..:(

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Are you using a compass?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ummm do u need a compass?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

That's the easiest way. An Incenter is where a triangle’s three angle bisectors intersect (an angle bisector is a ray that cuts an angle in half). So, you'll need to draw a ray for each angle that cuts it in half. Where these all intersect is the incenter.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

lolly try this http://www.mathopenref.com/constincenter.html

OpenStudy (anonymous):

does that help

OpenStudy (anonymous):

how do you find the angle bisector?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ive done tha b 4 hold on

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it would if i was trying to find the circumcircle..:) but im not...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i dont think...?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Its a ray that cuts the angle in half. So if you have a 90 degree angle, the bisector is a ray at 45 degrees.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oooh!! ok then what do you do next?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

You draw a ray for all 3 angle bisectors. The point that all 3 cross is the incenter.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oooh!! ok that makes sense:) thank you soooo much!!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

seee if its ur question

OpenStudy (anonymous):

No problem. :] do you need to find the coordinates?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

urrrmmm..i dont think sooo...i just needed to find a point where its the same distant from all the corners..

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Then you should be fine :]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yey! thanks again:)

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