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Saturday, January 10, 2015

Trapezoid and Quadrilateral Problems, 5

Category: Plane Geometry

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Given a trapezoid with its median. Find the value of x.

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Solution:

Consider the given figure above 

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If a theorem says "The median of a trapezoid is parallel to the bases and has a length equal to the average of the base lengths.", then the value of x, therefore is