The Medians of a Triangle Are Concurrent: A Visual Proof

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A median is the line from the midpoint of a side of a triangle to the opposite vertex. A formal proof is given for the concurrence of the medians in a triangle in a point. That point is called the centroid or barycenter; it is the center of mass of the triangle.

External Links

Triangle Centroid (Wolfram MathWorld)
Triangle Median (Wolfram MathWorld)

Permanent Citation

Tomas Garza
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​"The Medians of a Triangle Are Concurrent: A Visual Proof"​
​http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/TheMediansOfATriangleAreConcurrentAVisualProof/​
​Wolfram Demonstrations Project​
​Published: October 18, 2010