Incenter and Circumcenter

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In this lesson students learn to find the incenter and circumcenter of a triangle.  Students are asked to construct each of these inside an acute scalene triangle, an obtuse triangle, and a right triangle.  Through the lesson the students learn that each of these points generates a special circle.

Video for folding an incenter Video for folding a circumcenter Lesson
     
Dynamic Lesson on Incenter and Circumcenters Chart for Location of Incenter and Circumcenter  
 
     
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