Graphing Medians and Midsegments
- Author:
- Elizabeth Coffey, James Fields
- Topic:
- Coordinates
Follow these instructions to create the medians of a triangle and find the centroid:
Step 1:
Plot the three coordinates of the triangle and create the triangle using the Polygon tool 
Step 2:
Create the midpoints of each side of the triangle using the Midpoint tool 
Step 3:
Create the three Medians of the triangle using the Segment tool 
and connecting a segment from each vertex to the opposite midpoint.
Step 2:
Create the midpoints of each side of the triangle using the Midpoint tool
Step 3:
Create the three Medians of the triangle using the Segment tool and connecting a segment from each vertex to the opposite midpoint.
A triangle has coordinates (-2, 6), (5, 4), (3, 2). What are the coordinates of the Centroid?
What are the coordinates of the centroid from Task 1?
Follow these instructions to create the midsegments of a triangle:
Step 1:
Plot the three coordinates of the triangle and create the triangle using the Polygon tool
Step 2:
Create the midpoints of each side of the triangle using the Midpoint tool
Step 3:
Create the midsegment(s) of the triangle using the Segment tool and connecting the midpoints of each side of the triangle.
Step 2:
Create the midpoints of each side of the triangle using the Midpoint tool
Step 3:
Create the midsegment(s) of the triangle using the Segment tool and connecting the midpoints of each side of the triangle.
A triangle has coordinates A(-2, 6), B(5, 4), C(3, 2). Construct the midsegment DE parallel to BC and determine the distance of DE..
What is the distance of DE?