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Median of a Triangle

Median of a Triangle

A line segment drawn from one vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side. Note: The three medians of a triangle are concurrent, intersecting at the centroid.

 

Triangle with one median drawn from a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side, labeled "median.

 

 

See also

Centers of a triangle, median of a set of numbers