Triangle Median Illustrator & Definition Writing Prompt
- Author:
- Tim Brzezinski
- Topic:
- Median Line, Triangles
Interact with the applet for a few minutes.
The segment that will appear is said to be a MEDIAN of the triangle.
Be sure to move the colored vertex and other vertices (bottom side) of the triangle around as well.
After doing so, please answer the questions that appear below the app.
1.
Is it ever possible for a triangle's median to lie outside the triangle? Explain.
2.
Use what you've observed to complete the following sentence definition (without looking it up on another tab in your browser): A median of a triangle is...