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6.4TheTriangleMidsegmentTheoremUsingtheMidsegmentofatriangleWhatdoyouthinkamidsegmentis?Amidsegmentofatriangleisasegmentthatconnectsthemidpointsoftwosidesofthetriangle.EVERYtrianglehasthreemidsegments,whichformthemidsegmenttriangle.Example1:UsingmidsegmentsinthecoordinateplaneIntriangleJKL,showthatmidsegmentMNisparalleltoJLandthatMN=½JL
Example2:Provingthetrianglemidsegmenttheorem
Example3:UsingthetrianglemidsegmenttheoremTrianglesareusedforstrengthinrooftrusts.Inthediagram,UVandVWaremidsegmentsoftriangleRST.FindUSandRS
Example4:UsingtheTriangleMidsegmentTheorem Example5:ModelingwithMathematicsHomework3,4,7,8,11-16,17,19,23,25