Proof of a property

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In triangle ABC if $\vec{AA_1}$ median then

$\vec{AA_1} = \frac 12 (\vec{AB}+\vec{AC})$

I want to know Is this really a property?

If yes then what is its proof? Because I spent so much time to search but find nothing.

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Let $\vec{AK}=2\vec{AA_1}$ Then $ABKC$ are parallelogram. Thus $$2\vec{AA_1}=\vec{AK}=\vec{AB}+\vec{BK}=\vec{AB}+\vec{AC}$$ Then $$\vec{AA_1}=\frac{\vec{AB}+\vec{AC}}2$$

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