Midsegment of a Triangle - Examples, Exercises and Solutions

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Midsegment of a Triangle: Calculating areaMidsegment of a Triangle: Calculating perimeterMidsegment of a Triangle: Identifying and defining elements

The midsegment of a triangle has three main properties:

  • The midsegment crosses exactly through the middle of the two sides that determine it.
  • The midsegment is parallel to the third side of the triangle.
  • The midsegment measures half the length of the side arranged parallel to it.

Let's look at the properties of the midsegment of a triangle in the following illustration:

Midsegment of a triangle

If AD=CD AD=CD
AE=BEAE=BE

then 2DE=CB2DE=CB
DE∥CBDE∥CB

Detailed explanation

Practice Midsegment of a Triangle

Question 1

Given that DE is a middle section in triangle ABC, what is the length of side DE?

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Question 2

Given that DE is a middle section in triangle ABC, what is the length of side DE?

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Question 3

Given that DE is a middle section in triangle ABC, what is the length of side DE?

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Question 4

Given that DE is a middle section in triangle ABC, what is the length of side DE?

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Question 5

Given that DE is a middle section in triangle ABC, what is the length of side DE?

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Examples with solutions for Midsegment of a Triangle

Exercise #1

Given that DE is a middle section in triangle ABC, what is the length of side DE?

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Exercise #2

Given that DE is a middle section in triangle ABC, what is the length of side DE?

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5

Exercise #3

Given that DE is a middle section in triangle ABC, what is the length of side DE?

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Exercise #4

Given that DE is a middle section in triangle ABC, what is the length of side DE?

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Exercise #5

Given that DE is a middle section in triangle ABC, what is the length of side DE?

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Question 1

Given that DE is the middle section in triangle ABC, what is the length of side DE?

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Question 2

Given that DE is the middle section in triangle ABC, what is the length of side DE?

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Question 3

Given that DE is the middle section in triangle ABC, what is the length of side DE?

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Question 4

Given that DE is the middle section in triangle ABC, what is the length of side DE?

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Question 5

Given that DE is the middle section in triangle ABC, what is the length of side DE?

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Exercise #6

Given that DE is the middle section in triangle ABC, what is the length of side DE?

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Exercise #7

Given that DE is the middle section in triangle ABC, what is the length of side DE?

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Exercise #8

Given that DE is the middle section in triangle ABC, what is the length of side DE?

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Exercise #9

Given that DE is the middle section in triangle ABC, what is the length of side DE?

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Exercise #10

Given that DE is the middle section in triangle ABC, what is the length of side DE?

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Question 1

Given that DE is the middle section in triangle ABC, what is the length of side DE?

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Question 2

Given that DE is the middle section in triangle ABC, what is the length of side DE?

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Question 3

In which figure is the dashed segment the median?

Question 4

In which figure is the dashed segment the median?

Question 5

The quadrilateral ABCD is a trapezoid.

EF is the midsegment.

Calculate the length of side CD.

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Exercise #11

Given that DE is the middle section in triangle ABC, what is the length of side DE?

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Exercise #12

Given that DE is the middle section in triangle ABC, what is the length of side DE?

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4

Exercise #13

In which figure is the dashed segment the median?

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Exercise #14

In which figure is the dashed segment the median?

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Exercise #15

The quadrilateral ABCD is a trapezoid.

EF is the midsegment.

Calculate the length of side CD.

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Topics learned in later sections

  1. Midsegment
  2. Midsegment of a trapezoid