What is a median in a triangle?
Medians and Altitudes (5.4)

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A median is a line segment that connects a vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side.
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What is an altitude in a triangle?
Back
An altitude is a perpendicular segment from a vertex to the line containing the opposite side.
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What is a centroid?
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The centroid is the point where the three medians of a triangle intersect, and it divides each median into a ratio of 2:1.
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What is a perpendicular bisector?
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A perpendicular bisector is a line that divides a segment into two equal parts at a 90-degree angle.
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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If a median divides a triangle into two equal areas, what can be said about the segments it creates?
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The median divides the triangle into two triangles of equal area.
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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In triangle ABC, if G is the centroid and AC = 32, what is the length of CE?
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CE = 16, since the centroid divides each median into a 2:1 ratio.
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If BF = 10 in triangle ABC, what is the length of AF if CF is a median?
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AF = 10, because the median divides the opposite side into two equal segments.
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