PRINCIPIA · THEOREM
Parallelogram: diagonals bisect each other
Dependencies: ASA congruence, Parallel ⇒ alternate angles equal (converse), Parallelogram: opposite angles equal / opposite sides equal.
Statement
Let be a parallelogram (vertices labelled counterclockwise), so and . Let the two diagonals and meet at . Then is simultaneously the midpoint of and of :

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