What is Stewart's Theorem? I know it has something to do with triangles. I saw it being mentioned in a MathCounts practice.
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In short, it is a way to relate the cevian of a triangle to the side lengths of the triangle, as well as the lengths of the two segments which the cevian cuts.
The formula is easy to remember as dad + man = bmb + cnc.
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2You forgot to write out the actual mnemonic! "A man and his dad put a bomb (bmb) in the sink (cnc)." – Misha Lavrov May 12 '18 at 05:24