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Vesna [10]
3 years ago
15

A midsegment triangle ABC is parallel to a side of triangle ABC what is the missing statement in this proof

Mathematics
1 answer:
Sergeu [11.5K]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:


Step-by-step explanation:

The Triangle Midsegment Theorem:


“In a triangle, the segment joining the midpoints of any two sides will be parallel to the third side and half its length.”



Consider the triangle below:






Construct a line through C that is parallel to AB.






We know the following equalities by the midpoint construction:



AD = DC and AE = EB. We can use the reflexive property of equality for angle A to obtain a SAS similarity of triangles DAE and CAB. Now that the two triangles are congruent, we have m<ADE = m<ACB. By the converse of the Corresponding Angles Theorem, we have DE || CB.



Now we need to show that DE = ½ CB.



Claim: Quadrilateral CBEF is a parallelogram. If we can show FC=EB, we can conclude that CBEF is a parallelogram.



*(side): We have m<FCD = m<EAD by the Alternate Interior Angles Theorem


*(angle): We have AD = DC (from above – definition of midpoint)


*(side): We have m<FDC = m<ADE by the Vertical Angles Theorem.



**We now have Triangle FDC is congruent to Triangle EDA by the SAS Congruence Theorem.



Therefore, FC = AE --> FC = EB. If a pair of opposite sides of a quadrilateral are both congruent and parallel, then the quadrilateral is parallelogram (previous theorem).  Therefore FE = CB. Also, the above triangle congruence gives us FD = DE.



Write: FE = FD + DE --> FE = 2DE --> DE = ½ FE



Since FE = CB, we can substitute: DE = ½ CB.



Therefore the Midsegment is half of the measure of the third side.



Conclusion: If the midpoints of any two sides of a triangle are joined by a segment, then that segment is parallel to the third side and half its length.

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