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What are medians and centroid of a triangle
Median
A median is a line segment that connects the vertex and the midpoint of its opposite side. A median can be perpendicular or non-perpendicular depending on the type of triangle.
In the following triangle ABC, AD is the median which is connecting the vertex A and the midpoint of BC which is D.
The centroid of a triangle is the intersection of the three medians of the triangle. In the below triangle AD, BF and CE are medians and point O is the centroid of the circle.
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