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geometry senior

Problem

Medians are drawn from point and point in this right triangle to divide segments and in half, respectively. The lengths of the medians are 6 and units, respectively. How many units are in the length of segment ?

problem
Solution
We draw the medians as shown below.



From right triangles and , we have

However, we have and , so the equations above become

Adding these equations gives so . But the Pythagorean Theorem gives us , so , which means .
Final answer
8