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Question 1083285: A graphic artist is including triangles in a design. She wants to add a circle inside each triangle that just touches each side, and she knows that the center point of such a circle is the incenter of the triangle.
Describe where the incenter of a triangle is located.
Select one:
a. The incenter is the intersection of the three altitudes of a triangle.
b. The incenter is the intersection of the three angle bisectors of a triangle.
c. The incenter is the intersection of the three medians of a triangle.
d. The incenter is the intersection of the three perpendicular bisectors of a triangle.
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A graphic artist is including triangles in a design. She wants to add a circle inside each triangle that just touches each side,
and she knows that the center point of such a circle is the incenter of the triangle.
Describe where the incenter of a triangle is located.
Select one: 

a. The incenter is the intersection of the three altitudes of a triangle.

b. The incenter is the intersection of the three angle bisectors of a triangle.          <<<---=== This and only this.

c. The incenter is the intersection of the three medians of a triangle.

d. The incenter is the intersection of the three perpendicular bisectors of a triangle.