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GEOMETRY Worksheet 4.6B – Medians & Centroids Page 1 BowerPower.net Median – A segment connecting the vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side. Centroid – Point where all medians of a triangle intersect. It is also the “balancing pointfor the triangle. Each median is cut into two segments with a ratio of 2:1 (the longer segment is between the vertex & the centroid).

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Median – A segment connecting the vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side.

Centroid – Point where all medians of a triangle intersect. It is also the “balancing point” for the triangle. Each median is cut into two segments with a ratio of 2:1 (the longer segment is between the vertex & the centroid).

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