If the median and bisector of one of its sides of a triangle coincide, then the height also coincides and the triangle is isosceles.

geometry

If the median and bisector of one of its sides of a triangle coincide, then the height also coincides and the triangle is isosceles.

So, to see that is isosceles I used the idea of this question: If the bisector of an angle of a triangle also bisects the opposite side, prove that the triangle is isosceles.

Now, to see that the height also coincides, I tried to assume that it doesn't but I don't see any contradiction.

Best Answer

The two triangles made by the median are congruent and the base is a straight line so each angle made by the base and the median is $180/2 =90$ which makes the median to be the height as well.