Gina wrote the following paragraph to prove that the segment joining the midpoints of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side: Given: ΔABC Prove: The midsegment between sides Line segment AB and Line segment BC is parallel to side Line segment AC. Draw ΔABC on the coordinate plane with point A at the origin (0, 0). Let point B have the ordered pair (x1, y1) and locate point C on the x-axis at (x2, 0). Point D is the midpoint of Line segment AB with coordinates at Ordered pair the quantity 0 plus x sub 1, divided by 2. The quantity 0 plus y sub 1, divided by 2 by the Midpoint F

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Gina wrote the following paragraph to prove that the segment joining the midpoints of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side:  Given: ΔABC  Prove: The midsegment between sides Line segment AB and Line segment BC is parallel to side Line segment AC.  Draw ΔABC on the coordinate plane with point A at the origin (0, 0). Let point B have the ordered pair (x1, y1) and locate point C on the x-axis at (x2, 0). Point D is the midpoint of Line segment AB with coordinates at Ordered pair the quantity 0 plus x sub 1, divided by 2. The quantity 0 plus y sub 1, divided by 2 by the Midpoint F