A triangle has corners at (4, 4 ), ( 3, -2), and ( 2, -1)#. If the triangle is reflected across the x-axis, what will its new centroid be?

1 Answer
May 25, 2016

New centroid is (3,-1/3)

Explanation:

The centroid of the triangle with corners at (4,4), (3,-2) and (2, -1 ) is

((4+3+2)/3,(4+(-2)+(-1))/3) or (3,1/3)

When triangle is reflected across the x-axis, its centroid too is reflected across the x-axis

and as reflection of a point (x_1,y_1) in x-axis is (x_1,-y_1),

New centroid is (3,-1/3)