SOLUTION: heorem 5. the segment that joins the midpoints of two sides of a triangle is a parallel to the third side and a half as long. given: triangle HNS,O is the midpoint of line segmen

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Question 1102196: heorem 5. the segment that joins the midpoints of two sides of a triangle is a parallel to the third side and a half as long.
given: triangle HNS,O is the midpoint of line segment HN,E is the midpoint of line segment NS
prove:line segment OE parallel to line segment HS, OE= one and a half HS
thank you in advance

Answer by ikleyn(52795)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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See the lesson
    -The line segment joining the midpoints of two sides of a triangle
in this site.


Also,  you have this free of charge online textbook on Geometry
    - GEOMETRY - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK
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The referred lesson is the part of this textbook under the topic
"Properties of triangles".


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