Trapezoid PQRS has bases PQ and RS. The median MN meets the diagonals PR and QS at A and B, respectively. If SR=20 and AB=7, find PQ.
+23246 Since MN is a median of the trapezoid, MA will be the middle line of triangle(PRS) and equal to one-half the base.
This makes MA = 10.
Also BN will be the middle line of triangle(QRS) and equal to 10.
MA + BN = 10 + 10 = 20; but they have an overlap of 7 ---> MN = 13.
13 is one-half the sum of the two bases; since one base is 20, the other base must be 6.
