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The angle bisector theorem is commonly used when the angle bisectors and side lengths are known. It can be used in a calculation or in a proof. An immediate consequence of the theorem is that the angle bisector of the vertex angle of an isosceles triangle will also bisect the opposite side.
To bisect an angle with straightedge and compass, one draws a circle whose center is the vertex. The circle meets the angle at two points: one on each leg. Using each of these points as a center, draw two circles of the same size. The intersection of the circles (two points) determines a line that is the angle bisector.
An angle bisector of a triangle is a straight line through a vertex that cuts the corresponding angle in half. The three angle bisectors intersect in a single point, the incenter, which is the center of the triangle's incircle. The incircle is the circle that lies inside the triangle and touches all three sides. Its radius is called the inradius.
The center of the incircle, called the incenter, can be found as the intersection of the three internal angle bisectors. [3] [4] The center of an excircle is the intersection of the internal bisector of one angle (at vertex A, for example) and the external bisectors of the other two.
Draw the incenter by intersecting angle bisectors. Draw a line through I {\displaystyle I} perpendicular to the line A I {\displaystyle AI} , touching lines A B {\displaystyle AB} and A C {\displaystyle AC} at points D {\displaystyle D} and E {\displaystyle E} respectively.
In geometry, a cevian is a line segment which joins a vertex of a triangle to a point on the opposite side of the triangle. [1] [2] Medians and angle bisectors are special cases of cevians.
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A convex quadrilateral is ex-tangential if and only if there are six concurrent angles bisectors: the internal angle bisectors at two opposite vertex angles, the external angle bisectors at the other two vertex angles, and the external angle bisectors at the angles formed where the extensions of opposite sides intersect.