Geometric Construction of Triangle Incenter and Angle Bisectors
2013-11-19 13:02
This applet demonstrates the geometric construction of a triangle's incenter and incircle. By drawing the angle bisectors, their intersection is the incenter. An orthogonal line is dropped to a side, and the incircle is drawn using this perpendicular distance as the radius. It visually illustrates that angle bisectors are concurrent and the incenter is equidistant from all three sides.
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