Medians of a Triangle

IMPORTANT

Medians of a Triangle: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Median of Triangles, Centroid of a Triangle, Circumcentre, Incentre of Triangle and, Basic Properties of Medians of Triangles

Important Questions on Medians of a Triangle

HARD
IMPORTANT

Define centroid of a triangle. Write its properties and the formula for centroid of a triangle.

HARD
IMPORTANT

Define median of a triangle and write its properties.

HARD
IMPORTANT

Write the difference between the median and the altitude of a triangle.

EASY
IMPORTANT

The incenter of a triangle is the point of intersection of all the perpendicular bisectors of the sides of a triangle. 

EASY
IMPORTANT

The incentre always lies inside the triangle.

MEDIUM
IMPORTANT

Prove that the incentre of a triangle is equidistant from its sides.

HARD
IMPORTANT

If G is the centroid of a ABC and P is any other point in the plane, then PA2+PB2+PC2 is equal to

EASY
IMPORTANT

The 3 medians divide the triangle into 8 smaller triangles of equal area.

EASY
IMPORTANT

Every triangle has 3 medians.

EASY
IMPORTANT

 Given AM is the median, which of the following statements is false?

Question Image

MEDIUM
IMPORTANT

ABC is an isosceles triangle with AB=ACBD and CE are two medians of the triangle. Then BD=........

Question Image

EASY
IMPORTANT

Question Image

Point G is the centroid of  ABC.

 If l(AP) =6 then l(GP) =?

EASY
IMPORTANT

Question Image

Point G is the centroid of  ABC. If l(BG) = 6, then find l(BQ).

EASY
IMPORTANT

Question Image

Point G is the centroid of  ABC.

If l(RG) = 2.5 then l(GC) =?

HARD
IMPORTANT

AD is a median of the triangle ABC. If AB+BC+CA>x then find x.

EASY
IMPORTANT

Question Image

 G is the centroid of triangle ABC and BF=10. If the length of FA is x then find x.

EASY
IMPORTANT

 The centroid is the point of concurrency of the _____of a triangle.

EASY
IMPORTANT

 Which of the following describes a median of a triangle?

MEDIUM
IMPORTANT

In ABC, the median AD, BE and CF passes through the point G. If AD=7.5 cm, then find GD (in cm) (correct up to one decimal place)

MEDIUM
IMPORTANT

In ABC, the median AD, BE and CF passes through the point G. If GF=4 cm then, find GC (in cm).