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5. The Triangle Midsegment Theorem
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Exercise 3 Page 371

What can you say about the length and orientation of a midsegment?

A midsegment is half the length of and parallel to, the opposite side.

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We can say two things about the midsegments of a triangle:

  1. They are half the length of the third side in the triangle.
  2. They are parallel to the third side of the triangle.