SOLUTION: The line joining the mid points of the diagonal of a trapezoid has length 3. If the longer base is 97 then the shorter base is???

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Question 1042974: The line joining the mid points of the diagonal of a trapezoid has length 3. If the longer base is 97 then the shorter base is???
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The line joining the mid points of the diagonal of a trapezoid has length 3. If the longer base is 97 then the shorter base is???
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        In a trapezoid, the distance between midpoints of its diagonals is half of the difference
        of the lengths of the larger and the shorter bases.


See the lesson
    - Solving problems on trapezoids
in this site.

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