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Q.

Find the lengths of the medians of the triangle whose vertices are 5,6, 3,8 and (-1,2).


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a

17 units,5 2 units, 17 units   

b

17 units,5 2 units, 11 units   

c

17 units,5 3 units, 17 units     

d

19 units,5 2 units, 17 units    

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

Given vertices of a triangle are
5,6 , 3,8 , 1,2  .
Question ImageFrom figure,
The medians AD, BE, and CF are drawn from vertices A, B, and C respectively.
So points D, E, and F are the midpoint of BC, AC, and AB respectively.
We know that,
If the coordinates of two points are x 1 , y 1   and x 2 , y 2   then the coordinate of the middle point of the two points will be x 1 + x 2 2 , y 1 + y 2 2  .
Then,
The co-ordinate of point D is
31 2 , 8+2 2 =(1,5)  .
The co-ordinate of point E is
51 2 , 6+2 2 =(2,4)  .
And,
The co-ordinate of point F is
5+3 2 , 8+6 2 =(4,7)  .
As the length of the median AD is the distance between point A and D, and we know that, the distance between any two points in a Cartesian plane M a,b ,N c,d   is given by MN= (ca) 2 + (db) 2  .
Then,
AD= (15) 2 + (56) 2 = 16+1 = 17   Similarly,
CF= (4(1)) 2 + (27) 2 = 25+25 = 50 =5 2   And
BE= (23) 2 + (48) 2 = 1+16 = 17  
Therefore, the length of the medians is 17 units,5 2 units, 17 units   .
Hence, option (1) is correct.
 
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