Hi everybody
Show that the centroid of a triangle coincides with that of the triangle formed by the mid points of the sides.
Thank you all
Sridhar
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Hi everybody
Show that the centroid of a triangle coincides with that of the triangle formed by the mid points of the sides.
Thank you all
Sridhar
For a triangle, the centriod is just the "average" of the vertices. That is, if the vertices are,
, and
, in some coordinate system, then the centroid is at
.
Of course, the midpoints of the sides are,
, and
. Use the formula above to find the centroid of that triangle.