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Using vector method, prove that the line segments joining the mid-points of the adjacent sides of a quadrilateral taken in order form a parallelogram.

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To prove that the line segments joining the mid-points of the adjacent sides of a quadrilateral form a parallelogram using vector methods, we can follow these steps: ### Step 1: Define the Quadrilateral and Midpoints Let the vertices of the quadrilateral be represented by the position vectors: - \( \vec{A} \) for point A - \( \vec{B} \) for point B - \( \vec{C} \) for point C - \( \vec{D} \) for point D ...
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