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2. Medians and Altitudes of Triangles

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Exercise 52 Page 425

Place the midpoint of the base at the origin.

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Let's consider a general isosceles △ QRT with base QR that is b units. We will label the midpoint of the base as M.

Let's put the midpoint M at the origin of the coordinate plane. Next, we can place R at ( b2,0) and Q at ( - b2,0). Note that point T can be any point on the y-axis.

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Exercises p.421-425