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Suppose the medians BDBD and CECE of a triangle ABCABC intersect at a point OO. If area of triangle ABCABC is 108108 sq. cm., then, the area of the triangle EODEOD, in sq. cm., is

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✅ Correct Answer: 9

We need to find the area of triangle EODEOD when medians BDBD and CECE intersect at point OO in triangle ABCABC with area 108108 sq. cm.

When medians intersect, they meet at the centroid. The centroid has a useful property for solving this quickly.


The centroid divides any triangle into exactly 66 smaller triangles of equal area.

This happens because there are 33 medians, and each creates 22 triangles when drawn from the centroid to the sides.

Area of each small triangle =1086=18= \frac{108}{6} = 18 sq. cm


Triangle EODEOD is exactly half of one of these equal pieces.

This occurs because EE is the midpoint of ABAB and DD is the midpoint of ACAC, so line EDED divides one of our 66 equal triangles exactly in half.

Therefore: Area of triangle EOD=182=9EOD = \frac{18}{2} = 9 sq. cm


Quick method recap:

Centroid divides triangle into 66 equal parts, each =1086=18= \frac{108}{6} = 18 sq. cm

Triangle EOD=182=9EOD = \frac{18}{2} = 9 sq. cm

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