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Revision as of 21:43, 19 November 2006

A median of a triangle is a cevian of the triangle that joins one vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side.

In the following figure, $AM$ is a median of triangle $ABC$.

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Each triangle has 3 medians. The medians are concurrent at the centroid. The centroid divides the medians (segments) in a 2:1 ratio.

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