Stage 16 · Quadrilaterals & Polygons

16.4.2 The Triangle Midsegment Theorem

16.4 The Midsegment of a Triangle

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16.4.2 The Triangle Midsegment Theorem

Core idea

A midsegment is like a shrunken base: parallel to the third side and exactly half its length

Module goal. Use the parallelogram toolkit to go back and solve the midpoint-connecting problem inside a triangle, arriving at the midsegment theorem that links the two big families
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