PROVING THEOREM 6

GROUP 1
MEMBERS:

• BOMEDIANO, MATT
• ALING, KELLY
• GACAYAN, SIDNEY
• RONCESVALLES, ROECH
• BALDADO, KATHLEEN
 THEOREM 6:
THE MEDIAN OF A TRAPEZOID IS PARALLEL
TO EACH BASE AND ITS LENGTH IS ONE
HALF THE SUM OF THE LENGTHS OF THE
BASES.
 THEOREM 6:
TRAPEZOID CABD WITH MEDIAN EF

A B

E F

C D
NOTE: THE SEGMENT JOINING THE MIDPOINTS OF THE LEGS OF A TRAPEZOID IS CALLED A "MEDIAN"
 THEOREM 6:
PROVE THAT
EF || AB
EF || CD
EF = ½(CD+AB)
*EF = ½(CD+AB) IS THE MATHEMATICAL TRANSLATION OF THE STATEMENT "THE
LENGTH OF THE MEDIAN OF A TRAPEZOID IS ONE HALF THE SUM OF THE LENGTHS
OF THE BASES"*
PROVING WITH TWO
COLUMN PROOF
 STATEMENTS REASONS

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• TRAPEZOID CABD WITH MEDIAN
EF GIVEN

A B

E F

C D
2. DRAW LINE AD, WHERE P IS ITS
MIDPOINT
LINE POSTULATE

A B

P
E F

C D
 TRIANGLE MIDLINE THEOREM ON
3. EP=½CD AND EP || CD
TRIANGLE ACD

A B

P
E F
V
V
C D
 TRIANGLE MIDLINE THEOREM ON
3. EP=½CD AND EP || CD
TRIANGLE ACD

A B

P
E F
V
10 units
V
C D
 TRIANGLE MIDLINE THEOREM ON
3. EP=½CD AND EP || CD
TRIANGLE ACD

A B

5 units P
E F
V
10 units
V
C D
 TRIANGLE MIDLINE THEOREM ON
4. PF=½AB AND PR || AB
TRIANGLE ABD

A B

V
P
E F

V
C D
 5. CD || AB DEFINITION OF TRAPEZOID

A B

V
P
E F

C V D
 DEFINITION OF PARALLEL
6. EP || AB
EP || CD AND CD || AB

A B

V
P
E F
V
C D
7. EP AND PF ARE BOTH PARALLEL TO EP || AB. AP AND PF ARE EITHER PARALLEL OR THE SAME
SO, E, P, AND F ARE COLLINEAR LINE. DEFINITION OF PARALLEL LINES

A B

V
P
E F

V
C V D
8. EF = EP+PF SEGMENT ADDITION POSTULATE

A B

P
E F

C D
9. EF = EP+PF
SUBSTITUTION
EF = ½CD+½AB
A B

P
E F

C D
10. EF = ½CD+½AB DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY OF

EF = ½(CD+AB) EQUALITY

A B

P
E F

C D
11. EF || AB EF || EP || PF,
EF || CD EP || CD, PF || AB

A B

V
P
E F

V
C V D
WE PROVED THAT THE MEDIAN OF A
TRAPEZOID IS PARALLEL TO EACH BASE
IN COLUMN 11:
11. EF || AB EF || EP || PF,
EF || CD EP || CD, PF || AB

AND PROVED THAT THE LENGTH OF THE

MEDIAN OF A TRAPEZOIDIS ONE HALF
THE SUM OF THE LENGTHS OF THE BASES
IN COLUMN 10:
10. EF = ½CD+½AB DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY OF

EF = ½(CD+AB) EQUALITY
 THEREFORE,
THE MEDIAN OF A TRAPEZOID IS
PARALLEL TO EACH BASE AND ITS
LENGTH IS ONE HALF THE SUM OF THE
LENGTHS OF THE BASES
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