Prove that if 2 medians of a triangle are congruent then the triangle is isosceles Construct Triangle ABC with medians BD and CE, and the centroid (intersection of the medians) as X. 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) mÐBXE = mÐCXD 5) D BXE @ D CXD 6) BE = CD 7) 2(BE) = 2(CD) 8) BD = CE Reasons: 1) Given 2) The medians of a triangle intersect in a point that is two-thirds of the distance from each vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side. 3) Substitution property 4) Vertical angles are congruent 5) SAS postulate 6) Corresponding parts of congruent triangles are congruent 7) Multiplication property of equality 8) Midpoint theorem Edwin