The straight line joining the middle points of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side, and equal to half of it. Plane Geometry - Page 44by George D. Pettee - 1896 - 253 pagesFull view - About this book
| Richard Wormell - 1876 - 268 pages
...through the middle point of a side of a triangle parallel to the base it will bisect the other side. 43. The line joining the middle points of two sides of a triangle is equal to half the third side and is parallel to it. 44. If from points in the base of an isosceles... | |
| Robert Potts - Geometry - 1876 - 446 pages
...of AB andD C shall divide the quadrilateral into two equal parts. 8. The straight line, which joins the middle points of two sides of a triangle, is parallel to the base. 9. If a straight line be divided into any two parts, the square on the whole line is equal to... | |
| Elias Loomis - Conic sections - 1877 - 458 pages
...the angles of the square. PROPOSITION III. 5. The straight line which joins the middle points of any two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side, and is equal to one half of that side. In the triangle ABC, let D be the middle point of AB, and E the... | |
| James McDowell - 1878 - 310 pages
...find them 2 3. To divide a given straight line into any number of equal parts. CoB 2 4. The straight line joining the middle points of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side and equal to half of it 2 5. The straight lines drawn from the vertices of a triangle to bisect the opposite sides... | |
| James Maurice Wilson - 1878 - 450 pages
...triangle parallel to the base passes through the middle point of the other side. COR. 2. The straight line joining the middle points of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the base. EXERCISES FOR SOLUTION. i. If ABC is an isosceles triangle and A is double of either B or C,... | |
| William Henry Harrison Phillips - Geometry - 1878 - 236 pages
...sides of a triangle is parallel to the third D/. side. COR. 2, Since DE = BF = FC, DE = ^ that is, the line joining the middle, points of two sides of a triangle is equal to one-half the third side. COR. 3. If, in the trapezoid ABCD, E and F are the middle points... | |
| Charles Mansford - 1879 - 112 pages
...[Bisect BC in O. Join PO and draw AQ parallel to it. Then PQ shall bisect the triangle.] 53. The straight line joining the middle points of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side and equal to half of it. 54. The straight lines joining the middle points of the four sides of any quadrilateral... | |
| Euclides - 1879 - 146 pages
...are equal. Show that two sides of the quadrilateral are parallel. 2. The straight line which joins the middle points of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the base. 3. The straight line which joins the middle points of two sides of a triangle is equal to half... | |
| Charles Scott Venable - 1881 - 380 pages
...the corresponding side of the given triangle. 25. (Corollary of 24. ) The straight line which joins the middle points of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side and equal to the half of it. And, conversely, if, through the middle point, D, of the side, AB, of a triangle, ABC,... | |
| Samuel Constable - Geometry - 1882 - 222 pages
...FOR BEGINNERS. FUNDAMENTAL PROPOSITIONS. PROP. 1. The straight line joining the middle points of the sides of a triangle is parallel to the third side and equal to half of it. BDC Let D, E, F, be the middle points of the sides BC, CA, AB, of any triangle ABC. Join... | |
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