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7. Scale Drawings and Models

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Exercise 38 Page 605

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

10 23 ≈ 10.7

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

Using the Concurrency of Medians Theorem, we can write an equation that we can use to find the desired lengths, AM. AM = 2/3AT We are given that AT=16. We can substitute this into the above equation to find the length of segment AM.

AM = 2/3AT

AT= 16

AM=2/3 * 16

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Evaluate right-hand side

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a/c* b = a* b/c

AM=32/3

Calculate quotient

AM=10 23

Using a calculator, we can see that the found number is approximately 10.7.

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Exercises p.602-605