Let be a triangle and , the midpoints of , , respectively. The points and lie on the segment , such that and . Prove that:
Solutions — 2
Solution 1
Since it follows that , and so
Since the points , are the midpoints of the sides , , respectively, we conclude that
and hence
From (1) and (3) we get that the triangles and are similar, and so:

Figure 1
Solution 2
From we draw the parallel to the line to , which meet the line at . Since is the midpoint of and , it follows that is the midpoint of and .
Since , are the midpoints of , , respectively, we have: .
Therefore the quadrilateral is parallelogram, as it has the two pairs of opposite sides parallel. Hence .
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