To Find: The ratio of their areas.
Answer to Problem 29WE
Explanation of Solution
Given:
The median of the triangle intersect at a point is two third of the distance from the vertex to the point of the opposite side.
Now from the figure
The ratio of sides is
Then ratio of areas
We can write it as
Now area of the trapezoid =
i.e.
Hence
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