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goelmohit2002
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Common Intersection point of Medians in a triangle

by goelmohit2002 Wed Sep 16, 2009 4:38 pm

Hi All,

Can someone please tell is the property that medians of a triangle drawn from all three sides meet at a point that divides all the medians in 1:2 ratio and is tested in GMAT ?

if yes then can someone please point me to a problem that tests this concept....

I checked Manhattan strategy guide of geometry....

But it does not talk about this median concept.... does it mean that this median property is not in the course of GMAT ?

Thanks
Mohit
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Re: Common Intersection point of Medians in a triangle

by Ben Ku Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:24 am

This property of medians should not be tested directly on the GMAT. If there is a problem that involves this property, it will be solvable by other more familiar approaches, such as similar triangles.
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