By Team Aakash Byju's | 20th January 2023

Prove that the ratio of the areas of two similar triangles is equal to the square of the ratio of their corresponding medians

The better idea to understand what are we asked to prove is that, writing a pictorial representation like the one shown below:

So, from the images, we can write that Given: ΔABC∼ΔDEF, AM and DN are the medians of triangles ABC and DEF respectively.

area(ΔABC)

Prove :

area(ΔDEF)

=

AM

DN

2

2

Since, it is given that ΔABC∼ΔDEF, the corresponding sides are in proportion.

AB

DE

BC

EF

CA

FD

=

=

1

2

BC

=

BM

&

1

2

EF

=

EN

AM bisects  BC & DN bisects EF

AB

DE

=

1

2

BC

1

2

EF

=

BM

EN

=>

(Continues)

.  .

(

)

(Continued)

(     ΔABC ∼ ΔDEF)

AB

DE

=

1

2

BC

1

2

EF

=

BM

EN

=>

.  .

&

m∠B = m∠E

Therefore, ΔABM ∼ ΔDEN

Similarly, 

AB

DE

=

AM

DN

Since, ΔABC∼ΔDEF, the ratio of their area will be equal to the square of corresponding sides.

Area of ABC

=

AB

DE

2

2

Area of DEF

Since

=

AB

DE

AM

DN

Area of ABC

=

AM

DN

2

2

Area of DEF