Thread: Centre of gravity of a right angled triangle?! is this right?

If I have a triangle with the coodinates A(0,0) B (30,0) and C (30,40)

Is the centre of gravity 1/3 of the base and 1/3 of the height?

would this make it (10, 40/3) ??

Originally Posted by gva0324

If I have a triangle with the coodinates A(0,0) B (30,0) and C (30,40)

Is the centre of gravity 1/3 of the base and 1/3 of the height?

would this make it (10, 40/3) ??

The center of gravity will balance the triangle in the x direction, as well as in the y direction.

The area of the triangle is



You now need a triangle such that

The ratio of the main triangle's height to the base is
You need to have or







The center of gravity will occur along the triangle with the x coordinate equal to 21.2132.

You will need to do the appropriate calculations for the y coordinate.

You want to cut the large triangle so that the upper or smaller triangle is half the area of the larger triangle.