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Sarah has completed the first few steps for constructing the inscribed circle for triangle ABC. She started by constructing the angle bisectors for angles A and C. This gives her the incenter (point D). What is the next step?

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its D


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Construct the altitude from the incenter to a side of the triangle and label the intersection point.. Sarah will then have the center and a point on the inscribed circle that she can use to complete the final step of the construction.

Sarah has completed the first few steps for constructing the inscribed circle for triangle ABC. She started by constructing the angle bisectors for angles A and C. This gives her the incenter (point D). What is the next step?

A)

Construct the angle bisector for angle B.

B)

Construct a circle with center D that passes through point B.

C)

Construct the perpendicular bisector of one side of the triangle.

D)

Construct the altitude from the incenter to a side of the triangle and label the intersection point.

User Aleation
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The next step is to construct a perpendicular from D to one of the sides of the triangle. 
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