1968 AHSME Problems/Problem 7
Problem
Let be the intersection point of medians and of triangle if is 3 inches, then , in inches, is:
Solution
The fact that only tells us that . There are infinitely many triangles with a median which has length 9, so we can make no statement about the length of the median or the segment . Thus, is .
See also
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