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Find the midsegment of triangle ABC so that it is parallel to side BC and label it as segment EG on the graph.

Show work verifying that EG and BC are parallel.


Show work verifying that segment EG is ½ segment BC.

Find the midsegment of triangle ABC so that it is parallel to side BC and label it-example-1

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Answer:

Coordinate of E:(-2,3) Coordinate of G: (2.5,1.5)

Parallel: slopes both = -1/3

1/2 segment: EG length= 3 BC length=6: This is the only one I'm not sure about.

I will show the work for both the problems down below.

Explanation:

Finding coordinates:

1+(-5)/2=-2 5+1/2=3

(-2,3)

1+4/2= 2.5 5+(-2)/2= 1.5

(2.5,1.5)

Show work verifying the EG and BC are parallel:

You can do this by finding the slope

Slop formula (y2-y1)/(x2-x1)

(1.5-3)/(2.5-(-2))

Then simplify

-1.5/2/5= -1/3 which i your slope. You use the same formula and follow thee same steps for the points of BC and both will come up as -1/4 meaning they are parallel.

Show work verifying that EG and BC are parallel:

Use distance formula to find how long each line is

√(x2-x1)^2+(y2-y1)^2

√(2.5-(-2)^2)+(1.5-3)^2

Simplify

√4.5+(1.5)=3

Do the same thing with BC and you will get 6






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