Centroids of triangles
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The medial triangle of a triangle ABC is the triangle whose vertices are located at the midpoints of the sides AB, AC, and BC of triangle ABC. From an arbitrary point O that is not a vertex of triangle ABC, you may take it as a given fact that the location of the centroid of triangle ABC is the vector (vector OA + vector OB + vector OC)/3.
Task:
A. Use vector techniques to prove that a triangle and its medial triangle have the same centroid, stating each step of the proof.
1. Provide written justification for each step of your proof.
B. Provide a convincing argument short of a proof (suggested length of 3-4 sentences) that the theorem is true.
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This solution provides proof that the centroid of a triangle and the centroid of medial triangle coincide.
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A. Let us assume mid points of AB, BC and CA are L, M and N respectively.
Let us assume centroid of ABC is G, and of LMN is G'.
Because,
vector(OG) = (vector(OA) + vector(OB) + vector(OC))/3
L is mid point of AB
vector(OL) = vector(OA) + vector(AL)
As AL = LB = AB/2
Hence,
vector(OL) = vector(OA) + vector(AB/2)
=> vector(OL) = ...
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