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Two medians AD and BE of triangle ABC intersect at G at right angles .

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If AD = 9 cm , BE = 12 cm , find length of AB?

asked Apr 15, 2014 in GEOMETRY by anonymous

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Medians image.

Median of a triangle joins the vertex and the midpoint of the opposite side.

It has the property that the centroid divides the median into 2:1 ratio so that the part containing vertex is twice

than the other one.

So the parameters became as shown in figure

image

So, from right angle triangle

image

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So, the side of the triangle image.

answered Apr 15, 2014 by Johncena Apprentice

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