
3-3 Consequences: the midline
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03 3-3 Consequences: the midline
- Putting D and E as the midpoints of AB and AC gives AD/DB = 1 = AE/EC, so by the converse DE ∥ BC.
- Moreover DE/BC = AD/AB = 1/2, so: the segment joining the midpoints of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side and equal to half of it.
- The three midpoints of a triangle divide it into four congruent triangles, each similar to the original with scale factor 1/2.
- Corollary: the line through the midpoint of one side of a triangle, drawn parallel to a second side, bisects the third side.
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