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Midsegments of Triangles and Trapezoids. Goals 1: Define midsegments of triangles and trapezoids. Goal 2: Develop and use formulas based on the properties of triangles and trapezoids.
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Midsegments of Triangles and Trapezoids Goals 1: Define midsegments of triangles and trapezoids. Goal 2: Develop and use formulas based on the properties of triangles and trapezoids
Midsegment of a Triangle: A midsegment of a triangle is a segment whose endpoints are the midpoints of two sides.
Midsegment of a Trapezoid: A midsegment of a trapezoid is a segment whose endpoints are the midpoints of the nonparallel sides
Triangle Midsegment Conjecture: parallel A midsegment of a triangle is _______ to a side of the triangle and has a measure equal to _____ of the side 1/2
Trapezoid Midsegment Conjecture: A midsegment of a trapezoid is _________ to the bases of the trapezoid and has a measure equal to ___________ parallel One-half the average of the base lengths