Prove midpoints of the sides of a quadrilateral join to form a parallelogram.

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Midpoints of a quadrilateral form a parallelogram

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Drag any quadrilateral ABCD; midpoint figure PQRS stays a parallelogram. Step the vector proof (Varignon).

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