points B, D, and F are midpoints of the sides of EC = 38 and DF = 16. Find AC.

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icalibear · Answer

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icalibear · Answer

I drew the arrows to help. I don't know how to solve this and my textbook doesn't explain it at all. Please somebody help

icalibear · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

Your text will most likely have a "midline theorm" somewhere. I won't go through the proof here, but in short it states that "a segment that connects the midpoints of two sides of a triangle is parallel to, and half as long as, the third side.

I think your original question may be misquoted. If it is correct, then by the theorm above, AC is simply 2*FD.