SOLUTION: If Pm is a median in triangle PQR, O is the centroid and PO is greater then MO find X if PM =24 and PO=2x+2

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Question 1097030: If Pm is a median in triangle PQR, O is the centroid and PO is greater then MO find X if PM =24 and PO=2x+2
Answer by ikleyn(52786) About Me  (Show Source):
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In any triangle, the centroid divides each median in the ratio  2 : 1.


    See the lesson  Medians of a triangle are concurrent  in this site.


So,  2x+2 = 16  ====>  2x = 14  ====>  x = 14%2F2 = 7 units.