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3.7 Midsegments of Triangles & Trapezoids. Objectives: Develop and use formulas for the sums of the measures of interior and exterior angles of polygons. Warm-Up:. 7. Seven & eleven are both odd numbers. Your task is to make them both even without performing a mathematical operation. 11.
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3.7 Midsegments of Triangles & Trapezoids Objectives: Develop and use formulas for the sums of the measures of interior and exterior angles of polygons Warm-Up: 7 Seven & eleven are both odd numbers. Your task is to make them both even without performing a mathematical operation. 11
Mid-segment of a Triangle: a segment whose endpoints are the midpoints of the two sides
Triangle Mid-Segment Conjecture: If a segment joins the midpoints of two sides of a triangle, then the segment is parallel to the third side, and is half its length.
In triangle DEF, A, B, and C are midpoints. Name pairs of parallel segments.
D and E are midpoints. Find the measure of <A.
In Triangle EFG, H, J, and K are midpoints. Find HJ, JK, and FG.
Given DE, DF, and FE are the lengths of mid-segments. Find the perimeter of triangle ABC.
Mid-segment of a Trapezoid: a segment whose endpoints are the midpoints of the non-parallel sides
Trapezoid Mid-Segment Conjecture: A midsegment of a trapezoid is PARALLEL to the bases of the trapezoid and has a measure equal to the average of the base lengths.