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#1 2012-01-16 03:44:20

juantheron
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Registered: 2011-10-19
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triangle

show that it is not possible to have atriangle with sides a,b and c whose medians have lengths 2/3a , 2/3b and 4/5c

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#2 2012-01-16 05:19:29

TheDude
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Re: triangle

According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_%28geometry%29#Other_properties any triangle with sides a, b, c and median lengths m_a, m_b, m_c the following is true:

If our medians have lengths (2/3)a, (2/3)b, (4/5)c then

which can only be true if a = b = c = 0.


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#3 2012-01-16 06:09:03

juantheron
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Re: triangle

Thanks Dude for answer.

but how can i prove the results

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