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Instructions : Find EX if JX = 17 plz help I don’t understand

Instructions : Find EX if JX = 17 plz help I don’t understand-example-1
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Answer:

EX = 51

Explanation:

The 3 intersecting lines in the triangle are medians.

The distance from the vertex to the centroid is twice the distance from the centroid to the midpoint, that is

EJ = 2 JX = 2 × 17 = 34 , then

EX = EJ + JX = 34 + 17 = 51

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