SOLUTION: Show that the medians of two similar triangles are in the ratio the same as the ratio of their corresponding sides.

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Question 999912: Show that the medians of two similar triangles are in the ratio the same as the ratio of their corresponding sides.
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Let two triangles    and    are similar,  so that the pairs of their corresponding sides    and  , 

   and  ,  and    and    are proportional with the same  (common)  coefficient of proportionality.

Now consider two corresponding medians    and  .  Consider the triangles    and  . 

They have two pairs of proportional sides    and  ,    and    with the same coefficient proportionality. 

For the last pair,    and  ,  it is true because these segments are halves of the corresponding sides    and  .

The angles L and L  between these proportional sides are congruent,  as they are corresponding angles of the similar original triangles. 

Thus the triangles    and    have two pairs of proportional sides and the congruent angles between them. 

According to the  SAS-test of similarity for triangles,  these triangles are similar.

Therefore,  their sides    and    are proportional with the same coefficient of proportionality. 

It is exactly what has to be proved,  since    and    are the corresponding medians of the original triangles. 


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