Question

In a triangle, what is true about the slopes of the midsegment and non-intersecting side?
1) They are negative recprocals.
2) They are equal to one.
3) They are equal.
4) They are equal to zero.

Answer 1

3) They are equal.
Theorem: The segment joining the midpoints of 2 sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side.
Theorem: Parallel lines have the same slope.