Midsegment of a Triangle Worksheet
Explore the properties of midsegments in triangles, including their length and parallelism to the third side, with this Grade 9 geometry worksheet.
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Midsegment of a Triangle
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1. Define what a midsegment of a triangle is and state its two key properties.
2. In triangle ABC, if DE is a midsegment parallel to BC, and BC = 18 cm, what is the length of DE?
9 cm
18 cm
36 cm
Cannot be determined
3. Consider triangle XYZ with vertices X(1, 2), Y(7, 2), and Z(4, 8). Find the coordinates of the midpoints of sides XY and XZ. Let these midpoints be M and N respectively. Then, find the length of MN and YZ. Verify the Midsegment Theorem.
4. A midsegment of a triangle is a segment connecting the of two sides of the triangle.
5. The length of a midsegment is the length of the third side of the triangle.
6. A midsegment is always to the third side of the triangle.
7. Every triangle has exactly three midsegments.
True
False
8. If a segment connects the midpoints of two sides of a triangle, it is always longer than the third side.
True
False
9. In the triangle below, D, E, and F are the midpoints of sides AB, BC, and AC respectively. If AB = 10 cm, BC = 12 cm, and AC = 14 cm, find the perimeter of triangle DEF.