Ava is solving a geometry problem. the length of a side of a triangle is 36. a line parallel to that side divides the triangle into two equal area parts. she solved for the length of the segment dividing the triangle and got 25.455. how did ava get that answer?

Question 2 (essay worth 10 points) (03.02 mc) in δabc shown below, point a is at (0, 0), point b is at (x2, 0), point c is at (x1, y1), point d is at x sub 1 over 2, y sub 1 over 2, and point e is at the quantity of x sub 1 plus x sub 2 over 2, y sub 1 over 2: triangle abc is shown. point d lies on segment ac and point e lies on segment bc. a segment is drawn between points d and e. point a is at the origin. prove that segment de is parallel to segment ab.