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2. Medians and Altitudes of Triangles
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Exercise 1 Page 421

The centroid is the point of concurrency of the medians of a triangle. Use the Concurrency of Medians Theorem.

PC = 12

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The centroid is the point of concurrency of the medians of a triangle. In the given diagram, P is the centroid.

Using the Concurrency of Medians Theorem, we can write an equation that we can use to find the desired length PC. PC = 2/3CF We are given that PF=6. To use this information, we should rewrite CF as the sum of two smaller segments PC and PF considering the Segment Addition Postulate. PC = 2/3CF ⇒ PC = 2/3(PC+PF) Now, we can solve the resulting equation to find PC.
PC = 2/3(PC+PF)
PC = 2/3(PC+ 6)
3PC = 2(PC+6)
3PC = 2PC+12
PC=12