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Answer: FC = 16</h3>
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The three medians of this triangle are:
These segments go from one vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side.
The median we'll focus on is PF.
The point C is the centroid of the triangle. It's where the three medians intersect. It turns out that C divides PF such that CF is twice as long as PC
In other words,
CF = 2*PC
This means,
PF = PC+CF .... segment addition postulate
PF = PC+2*PC ... replace CF with 2*PC
PF = 3*PC .... combine like terms
So the median PF is three times the length of its portion PC
We're told that PF = 24
We can then find the following:
PF = 3*PC
24 = 3*PC
3*PC = 24
PC = 24/3
PC = 8
Then we double this to get the length of CF
CF = 2*PC
CF = 2*8
CF = 16
This is the same as FC because the order of the endpoints don't matter when it comes to naming a segment.
The final answer is 16.
