Mathematics

The midpoint of the side of a triangle are joined together to get four triangles. These four triangles are:

  1. not equal to each other

  2. congruent to each other

  3. not congruent to each other

  4. none of these

Mid-point Theorem

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The midpoint of the side of a triangle are joined together to get four triangles. These four triangles, Are not equal to each other. 2. congruent to each other. 3. not congruent to each other. 4. none of these: Mid-Point Theorem, Concise Mathematics Solutions ICSE Class 9.

In △ABC,

D, E and F are mid-points of AB, BC and CA respectively.

Now join DE, EF and FD.

To prove :

△ADF ≅ △DBE ≅ △ECF ≅ △DEF

In △ABC,

D and E are midpoints of AB and BC.

∴ DE || AC (By, mid-point theorem) or,

DE || FC ……..(1)

DE || AF ……..(2)

D and F are midpoints of AB and AC.

∴ DF || BC (By, mid-point theorem) or,

DF || EC ……..(3)

DF || BE ……(4)

F and E are midpoints of AC and BC.

∴ FE || AB (By, mid-point theorem) or,

FE || AD ………(5)

FE || DB ………(6)

From (1) and (3) we get,

DE || FC and DF || EC.

Since, opposite sides of a parallelogram are parallel.

∴ DECF is a parallelogram

We know that,

Diagonal of || gm divides it into two congruent triangles.

Diagonal FE divides the parallelogram DECF in two congruent triangles DEF and CEF.

∴ △DEF ≅ △ECF ………(7)

From (2) and (5) we get,

DE || AF and FE || AD.

Since, opposite sides of a parallelogram are parallel.

∴ ADEF is a parallelogram.

We know that,

Diagonal of || gm divides it into two congruent triangles.

Diagonal FD divides the parallelogram in two congruent triangles DEF and AFD.

∴ △DEF ≅ △AFD ………(8)

From (4) and (6) we get,

DF || BE and FE || DB.

∴ DBEF is a parallelogram.

We know that,

Diagonal DE divides the parallelogram in two congruent triangles DEF and DBE.

∴ △DEF ≅ △DBE ………(9)

From equations 7, 8 and 9 we get,

△AFD ≅ △DBE ≅ △ECF ≅ △DEF.

Thus, the four triangles formed are congruent to each other.

Hence, option 2 is the correct option.

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