等腰三角形和等边三角形的对称性

Before this, know什么是等边三角形、等腰三角形和不等边三角形?

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Because isosceles triangles have two sides of equal length and two angles of equal length, some cevians in isosceles triangles have different properties than those from scalene triangles.

First, a isosceles triangle.

We will use this diagram for the below explanations.

1) The median from AA to DD is also the perpendicular bisector of CB‾\overline{CB}, the angle bisector of AD‾\overline{AD}, the altitude to BC‾\overline{BC}, and the symmedian from AA.

2) The triangle centers (O,H,I,G,N)(O,H,I,G,N)(Circumcenter, Orthocenter, Incenter, Centroid, Nine-point center respectively) lie on AD‾\overline{AD}, which is also the Euler line of the triangle.

Spot the idea in disguise

In a contest problem, this idea hides inside a situation you have not seen before. Learning to spot it is the real skill. These are real problems from the AMC 8, AMC 12 and AIME, the national math competitions for middle and high school students, each with a worked solution on LIVE by Po-Shen Loh.

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For isosceles triangles, their line of symmetry is the altitude to the base of the triangle. For equilateral triangles, their lines are all of their altitudes.

Type a concept, like “slope” or “photosynthesis”.

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