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If the median drawn on the base of a triangle is half its base, the triangle will be:

  1. A
    equilateral
  2. B
    right-angled
  3. C
    acute-angled
  4. D
    obtuse-angled

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

Let the triangle be , where is the base and is the median drawn to .
By definition of a median, is the midpoint of , so:



We are given that the median length is equal to half the base:



Therefore, .

* In , since , the opposite angles are equal: .
* In , since , the opposite angles are equal: .

The full vertex angle is:



We know the sum of angles inside any triangle is :





Since one internal angle is , it is a right-angled triangle.

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If the median drawn on the base of a triangle is half its base, the triangle will be:
A
equilateral
B
right-angled
C
acute-angled
D
obtuse-angled

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