Median and centroid of a triangle.
Thm: median length of a ∆ and the length of the segments created by the centroid
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1. When a centroid divides a median into two segments, the ratio of the shorter segment's length to the longer segment's length will always be a______
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2. When a centroid divides a median into two segments, the ratio of the median's length to shorter segment's length will always be a ______
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3. When a centroid divides a median into two segments, the ratio of the longer segment's length to the median's length will always be ______
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4. If the shorter segment of a median, created by the centroid, is 7.5 inches, then the longer segment is _____ inches.
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5. If the longer segment of a median, created by the centroid, is 5/8 inches, then the shorter segment is _____ inches.
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5. If a median of a ∆ is 12 inches long, then the shorter segment, created by the centroid, is _____ inches and the longer segment is ________ inches.