PRINCIPIA · THEOREM

Parallelogram: diagonals bisect each other

Dependencies: ASA congruence, Parallel ⇒ alternate angles equal (converse), Parallelogram: opposite angles equal / opposite sides equal.

Statement

Let ABCDABCD be a parallelogram (vertices labelled ABCDA\to B\to C\to D counterclockwise), so ABCDAB \parallel CD and ADBCAD \parallel BC. Let the two diagonals ACAC and BDBD meet at MM. Then MM is simultaneously the midpoint of ACAC and of BDBD:

MA=MC,MB=MD.|MA| = |MC|, \qquad |MB| = |MD|.

Parallelogram ABCD with diagonals AC, BD meeting at M; MA=MC, MB=MD.

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