Vocabulary: The orange segment that first appears is called a midsegment of a triangle. Based on what you observed in the applet, define midsegment of a triangle.
Vocabulary: How many midsegements does any triangle have?
Enter only a number.
Reasoning: What conclusions can you informally conclude about the midsegment of any triangle?
Fill in the blanks to complete the conclusions.
perpendicular
half
twice
parallel
skew
equivalent to
The midsegment of any triangle is __?__ to the side of the triangle it doesn't touch.
The length of the midsegment of any triangle is __?__ the length of the side of the triangle it doesn't touch.
Reasoning: If the perimeter of an entire triangle is 200 feet, what would the perimeter of the
triangle formed by its midsegments be?