Let be a triangle with the centroid and medians . Let be a point on such that . Define as the midpoints of respectively. If , what is value of ?
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In △ C G M , since S is the midpoint of C G , [ C G M ] = 2 [ G S M ] . This same argument can be applied to the other parts of the triangles. Theoretically, just by the nature of the centroid and proportionality, this will logically imply that the final proportion is 2 . (Sorry I half-@$$ed it)