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H and M are the midpoints of AB and CD respectively of a parallelogram ABCD. Prove that AM and CH trisect the diagonal BD.

2007-08-30 23:36:46 · 2 answers · asked by Akilesh - Internet Undertaker 7 in Science & Mathematics Mathematics

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Let AM intersect BD at T and CH intersect BD at R.
AMCH is a parallelogram since AH is parallel and congruent to MC. Hence, AM is parallel to CH. HenceAM bisects DR.

Thus, MT bisects DR: because if a line is parallele to one side of a triangle and passes through the midpoint of another, then it bisects the third side.
We have DT = TR
Similarly, CH bisects BT. Thus BR = TR
ie DT = TR = BR

Thus, CH and AM trisect BD
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2007-08-31 00:47:29 · answer #1 · answered by swd 6 · 3 0

let AM intersctBD at F and HC at L
MC and AH are equle and parallrl
hence AHCM is parallelogram
hence AM parallel HC
in triangle ABF
AH=HB
HL parallel AF
hence BL=LF---------(1)
in triangle DLC
DM=MC
MF parallel LC
hence
DF=FL------------------(2)
from (1) and (2)
DF=FL=LB
there for AM and CH trisect the diagonal BD

2007-08-31 01:56:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

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