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A median of a triangle is a line segment joining a vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side.   The three medians of a triangle are drawn below.

 

Note that the three medians appear to intersect at the same point!  Let's try this out with a particular triangle.  Consider the triangle $ABC$ with $A = (0,3)$, $B = (-4,0)$, and $C = (1, 1)$.

(a) Let $D,$ $E,$ $F$ be the midpoints of $\overline{BC},$ $\overline{AC},$ $\overline{AB},$ respectively.  Find the equations of medians $\overline{AD},$ $\overline{BE},$ and $\overline{CF}.$

(b) Show that the three medians in part (a) all pass through the same point.

 
 Oct 28, 2023

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