What is the sum of the three vectors representing the medians of a triangle directed from its vertices?
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The median vector M A originating from A is equal to 2 1 ( A B + A C ) .
Similarly, the median vectors originating from B and C respectively are
M B = 2 1 ( B A + B C ) and M C = 2 1 ( C A + C B ) .
We then have that M A + M B + M C = 2 1 ( A B + A C + B A + B C + C A + C B ) =
2 1 ( ( A B + B A ) + ( A C + C A ) + ( B C + C B ) ) = 0 ,
since in general X Y = − Y X for any distinct points X , Y .