SOLUTION: Find the lengths of the medians of the triangle with vertices A(1, 3), B(2, 6), and C(8, 1). (A median is a line segment from a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side. Round y

Question 888849: Find the lengths of the medians of the triangle with vertices A(1, 3), B(2, 6), and C(8, 1). (A median is a line segment from a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side. Round your answers to one decimal place.)
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
To find the location of the median, find the midpoints of the line segments.

Then to find the length of the median, find the distance from the midpoint to the opposite vertex.
AB-C

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AC-B

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BC-A

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