Medians of Triangles:

If the vertices of a triangle are A(5, -1), B(-3, 1), and C(1, 5), what are the lengths of its medians?

I need to find the following:

Median AB: _
Median BC: _ sqrt _
Median CA: _ sqrt _

Question

Medians of Triangles:

If the vertices of a triangle are A(5, -1), B(-3, 1), and C(1, 5), what are the lengths of its medians?

I need to find the following:

Median AB: _
Median BC: _ sqrt _ 
Median CA: _ sqrt _

accessdenied · Answer

Well, we want to use the concept of a median as the segment connecting one vertex and the opposite side's midpoint.
So, if we used the midpoint formula to find the midpoint of each side and then found the distance from the midpoint of one side to the opposite vertex, then we would find the lengths of each median.
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