SOLUTION: Solve for AG in triangle ABC.
Triangle: imgur.com/apvjj6F.jpg
FG = 7.
What is AG when applying the centroid theorem?
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Question 1118122: Solve for AG in triangle ABC.
Triangle: imgur.com/apvjj6F.jpg
FG = 7.
What is AG when applying the centroid theorem?
Answer by ikleyn(52878) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The intersection point divides each median of a triangle in the ratio 2:1 counting from the corresponding vertex.
So, if the given segment FG has the length of 7, then the rest of the median AF, the segment AG, is two times
as long as FG, i.e. |AG| = 2*7 = 14.
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