Bunuel wrote:
chetan2u wrote:
can the pt mentioned abt property of right angle triangle be proven
Imagine the right triangle inscribed in circle. We know that if the right triangle is inscribed in circle, hypotenuse must be diameter, hence half of the hypotenuse is radius. The line segment from the third vertex to the center is on the on the one hand radius of the circle=half of the hypotenuse and on the other hand as it's connecting the vertex with the midpoint of the hypotenuse it's median too.
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Math_Tri_inscribed.png
Hope it's clear.
Thank you for the explanation. The inscribed triangle example helped a lot. Regarding STMT 1, my thought process was that the triangle could be 45-45-90 or 30-60-90, which in my mind, could affect the length of CD. However, from your example or more so the visual, I see that the angles don't matter...that the median is determined by the hypotenuse. Thanks for the lesson learned; basic yet important.
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