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Q.

State true or false.


The sum of the three medians of the triangle is always less than the perimeter.


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a

True

b

False 

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

Construct a triangle ABC  .
D,E,F   are the midpoints of sides BC,CA   and AB   respectively as shown in the figure given below.
Question ImageHere, the medians are AD,BE,CF  .
Perimeter of the triangle ABC=AB+BC+CA  
Analyze that the sum of 2   sides of a triangle is greater than twice the median bisecting the third side, Hence in triangle ABD  , AD   is a median.
AB+AC>2 AD                              ......(1)
Similarly, BC+AC>2 CF            ......(2)
BC+AB>2 BE                              ......(3)
Calculate by adding equations (1), (2), and (3).
AB+AC + BC+AC + BC+AB >2 AD +2 CF +2 BE  
2 AB+BC+AC >2 AD+BE+CF   AB+BC+AC>AD+BE+CF  
Therefore, the sum of the 3   medians of the triangle is always less than the perimeter.
Hence the statement is true.
Hence option 1 is correct.
 
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State true or false.The sum of the three medians of the triangle is always less than the perimeter.