Question

In a triangle, the midsegment is ___________ to and ____________ of the non-intersecting side.
1) perpendicular, half the length
2) parallel, half the length
3) perpendicular, twice the length
4) parallel, twice the length

Answer 1

is a segment joining the midpoints of two sides of a triangle.
In the above figure you should see the following:

AD = DB
and AE =CE
DE is the midsegment line. It is parallele to BC (the third line of the trangle ABC

BC is also the non-intersecting line as far as the midsegment line DE is concerned