Prove or disprove by giving a counterexample. If two medians of a triangle are of the same length, then the triangle is isosceles. Proof: Draw triangle ABC with medians BD and CE, and label their point of intersection X (which is the centroid). Given: Medians BD and CE, and BD = CE Prove: AB = AC Statements: 1) Medians BD and CE, and BD = CE 2) BX = (2/3)(BD), DX = (1/3)(BD), CX = (2/3)(CE), EX = (1/3)(CE) 3) BX = CX, DX = EX 4) Angle BXE = Angle CXD 5) Triangle BXE is congruent to Triangle CXD 6) BE = CD 7) 2(BE) = 2(CD) 8) AB = AC Reasons: 1) Given 2) The medians of a triangle intersect in a point that is 2/3 of the distance from each vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side. 3) Substitution property 4) Vertical angles are congruent 5) Side-angle-side 6) Corresponding parts of congruent triangles are congruent 7) Multiplication property of equality 8) Midpoint theorem Edwin