Prove that the line segments joining the middle points of the sides of a triangle divide it into four congruent triangles.
Let triangle be ∆ABC. D, E and F are the midpoints of sides AB, BC and CA, respectively.
By midpoint theorem, for D and E as midpoints of sides AB and BC,
DE ∣∣ AC
Similarly, DF ∣∣ BC and EF ∣∣ AB.
∴ ADEF, BDFE and DFCE are all parallelograms.
But, DE is the diagonal of the BDFE.
∴ ∆BDE ≅ ∆FED …(1)
Similarly, DF is the diagonal of the parallelogram ADEF.
∴ ∆DAF ≅ ∆FED …(2)
And, EF is the diagonal of the parallelogram DFCE.
∴ ∆EFC ≅ ∆FED …(3)
Hence, all the four triangles are congruent.