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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Can some please help me with this question, I know how to find them when given the full length but how do you find the length when given half the length??

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (phi):

Use this fact: The centroid is exactly two-thirds the way along each median. Put another way, the centroid divides each median into two segments whose lengths are in the ratio 2:1, with the longest one nearest the vertex.

OpenStudy (phi):

can you answer any of the questions ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yeah I can answer the ones when given the full length like the first on I got I just multiplied 18 by 2/3 and i got it right

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanks phi ill give you a medal but i solved it hahah thanks though

OpenStudy (phi):

does that you mean you figured out: 1) if they give you the "long part" (from the centroid to the vertex), then the "short side" (from the centroid to the side) is ½ as long 2) if they give you the short side, the long side is twice as big as the short side ?

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