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Which of the following is a result of the construction of a median of a triangle?

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A side of the triangle is bisected

Step-by-step explanation:

The median of a triangle connects a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side. That is, it bisects the side it meets:

A side of the triangle is bisected

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A median will be an angle bisector only if the triangle is isosceles. Likewise, it will only be perpendicular to the side if the triangle is isosceles.

There are several points called "center" of a triangle, including the centroid (on the median), the incenter, the circumcenter, and the orthocenter.

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Given z = 3 + i, right away we can find

(a) square

z ² = (3 + i )² = 3² + 6i + i ² = 9 + 6i - 1 = 8 + 6i

(b) modulus

|z| = √(3² + 1²) = √(9 + 1) = √10

(d) polar form

First find the argument:

arg(z) = arctan(1/3)

Then

z = |z| exp(i arg(z))

z = √10 exp(i arctan(1/3))

z = √10 (cos(arctan(1/3)) + i sin(arctan(1/3))

Any complex number has 2 square roots. Using the polar form from part (d), we have

√z = √(√10) exp(i arctan(1/3) / 2)

and

√z = √(√10) exp(i (arctan(1/3) + 2π) / 2)

Then in standard rectangular form, we have

$\sqrt z = \sqrt[4]{10} \left(\cos\left(\dfrac12 \arctan\left(\dfrac13\right)\right) + i \sin\left(\dfrac12 \arctan\left(\dfrac13\right)\right)\right)$

and

$\sqrt z = \sqrt[4]{10} \left(\cos\left(\dfrac12 \arctan\left(\dfrac13\right) + \pi\right) + i \sin\left(\dfrac12 \arctan\left(\dfrac13\right) + \pi\right)\right)$

We can simplify this further. We know that z lies in the first quadrant, so

0 < arg(z) = arctan(1/3) < π/2

which means

0 < 1/2 arctan(1/3) < π/4

Then both cos(1/2 arctan(1/3)) and sin(1/2 arctan(1/3)) are positive. Using the half-angle identity, we then have

$\cos\left(\dfrac12 \arctan\left(\dfrac13\right)\right) = \sqrt{\dfrac{1+\cos\left(\arctan\left(\dfrac13\right)\right)}2}$

$\sin\left(\dfrac12 \arctan\left(\dfrac13\right)\right) = \sqrt{\dfrac{1-\cos\left(\arctan\left(\dfrac13\right)\right)}2}$

and since cos(x + π) = -cos(x) and sin(x + π) = -sin(x),

$\cos\left(\dfrac12 \arctan\left(\dfrac13\right)+\pi\right) = -\sqrt{\dfrac{1+\cos\left(\arctan\left(\dfrac13\right)\right)}2}$

$\sin\left(\dfrac12 \arctan\left(\dfrac13\right)+\pi\right) = -\sqrt{\dfrac{1-\cos\left(\arctan\left(\dfrac13\right)\right)}2}$

Now, arctan(1/3) is an angle y such that tan(y) = 1/3. In a right triangle satisfying this relation, we would see that cos(y) = 3/√10 and sin(y) = 1/√10. Then

$\cos\left(\dfrac12 \arctan\left(\dfrac13\right)\right) = \sqrt{\dfrac{1+\dfrac3{\sqrt{10}}}2} = \sqrt{\dfrac{10+3\sqrt{10}}{20}}$