Cartesian Vectors and Quadrilaterals

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The discussion focuses on proving that the line segments joining the midpoints of the consecutive sides of a quadrilateral form a parallelogram using Cartesian vectors in two-dimensional space. The key deduction is that the midpoint vectors satisfy the equation A + B + C + D = 0, indicating that the midpoints are equidistant from the origin. Additionally, the use of the parallelogram law for vector addition is suggested as a method to demonstrate the parallelism of the segments formed by these midpoints.

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I have no clue where to start on this question.
Use Cartesian vectors in two-space to prove that the line segments joining midpoints of the consecutive sides of a quadrilateral form a parallelogram.

Atm all i can deduce from the information is that vectors 2A+2B+2C+2D=0 therefore midpoint vectors A+B+C+D=0 and to prove that it is a parallelogram A+B//C+D and vector A+C//B+D
 
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Since this talks about using parallelograms, how about using the "parallelogram law" for vector addition? That is, that for vectors u and v, u+ v is the length of the longer diagonal of the parallelogram having u and v as sides and u- v is the length of the shorter diagonal.
 

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