SOLUTION: find the length of the median from A to BC, in triangle ABC with A(4,6), B(-5,-3), and C(-5,13).

Question 305506: find the length of the median from A to BC, in triangle ABC with A(4,6), B(-5,-3), and C(-5,13).
Answer by graphmatics(170) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
by definition the median of a triangle vertex is the line from the vertex to the midpoint of the subject line. Clearly the midpoint of bc is located at (-5,(13-3)/2) = (-5,5). So we only need the distance from (4,6) to (-5,5)

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