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Halving a Triangle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

J. A. Dunn
Affiliation:
Education Centre, New University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland
J. E. Pretty
Affiliation:
Education Centre, New University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland

Extract

It is well known that any line through the “mid-point” of a parallelogram bisects the area. What can be discovered about lines which bisect the area of a triangle?

Obviously any median bisects the area. It is also bisected by eachline which is parallel to one side and divides the others in the ratio

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1972

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