Table of Contents
- Medians of a Triangle
- Summary
- What’s Next?
In the previous segment, we learnt about different types of triangles. In this segment, we will learn about Medians of a triangle.
What are Medians of a triangle?
- The line connecting a vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side of that vertex is called the Median of a triangle.
- A triangle has three medians.
- The point where the three medians of the triangle intersect is known as the
Centroid of the triangle.
For example, consider triangle ABC.
The 3 sides are side AB, side BC, and side AC. The midpoints of these sides are points D, E, and F respectively. Thus,
- The lengths of segments AD and BD are equal.
- The lengths of segments BE and CE are equal.
- The lengths of segments AF and CF are equal.
