Stage 16 · Quadrilaterals & Polygons

16.4.3 Applying the Midsegment Theorem

16.4 The Midsegment of a Triangle

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16.4.3 Applying the Midsegment Theorem

Core idea

The small triangle made by joining midpoints is a scaled-down copy of the original, handy for finding lengths and proving lines parallel

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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