What is the ratio in which a median divides the opposit

What is the ratio in which a median divides the opposit
| What is the ratio in which a median divides the opposite side?

A. 1 : 1

B. 2 : 1

C. 1 : 2

D. 1 : 3

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Right Answer is: A

SOLUTION

A median is line joining a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side of the triangle.

Let us take ΔABC.
M is the midpoint, BC is divided into two equal halves (BM, MC) by median AM.

BMMC=11

Hence, the median divides the opposite side in 1 : 1 ratio.

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