1. The midsegment is always parallel to the third side of the triangle. In the figure above, drag any point around and convince yourself that this is always true.
2. The midsegment is always half the length of the third side. In the figure above, drag point A around. Notice the midsegment length never changes because the side BC never changes.
3. A triangle has three possible midsegments, depending on which pair of sides is initially joined.

Related triangle topics

General

• Triangle definition
• Hypotenuse
• Triangle interior angles
• Triangle exterior angles
• Pythagoras' Theorem
• A graphical proof of Pythagoras' Theorem
• Pythagorean triples
• Area of a triangle
• Triangle circumcircle
• Triangle incircle
• Triangle inequality
• Triangle medians
• Midsegment of a triangle
• Heron's formula

Triangle types

• Right triangle
• Isosceles triangle
• Scalene triangle
• Equilateral triangle
• Obtuse triangle
• Acute triangle
• 3-4-5 triangle
• 30-60-90 triangle
• 45-45-90 triangle

Triangle centers

• Incenter of a triangle
• Circumcenter of a triangle
• Centroid of a triangle
• Orthocenter of a triangle

Congruence and Similarity

• Congruent triangles

Triangle quizzes and exercises

• Triangle type quiz
• Ball Box problem
• How Many Triangles?
• Satellite Orbits