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Halving a Triangle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

J. A. Dunn  and
J. E. Pretty
J. A. Dunn
Affiliation:
Education Centre, New University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland
J. E. Pretty
Affiliation:
Education Centre, New University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland
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It is well known that any line through the “mid-point” of a parallelogram bisects the area. What can be discovered about lines which bisect the area of a triangle?

Obviously any median bisects the area. It is also bisected by eachline which is parallel to one side and divides the others in the ratio

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 56 , Issue 396 , May 1972 , pp. 105 - 108
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1972

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