SOLUTION: find the length of the line segment that joins the midpoints of two sides of a triangle whose third side is 10.

SOLUTION: find the length of the line segment that joins the midpoints of two sides of a triangle whose third side is 10.

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Question 1132729: find the length of the line segment that joins the midpoints of two sides of a triangle whose third side is 10.
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

recall:
The Midsegment Theorem states that the midsegment connecting the midpoints of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side of the triangle, and the length of this midsegment is the length of the .
if third side is , the length of the line segment is
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