A triangle has corners at (6, 7 ), ( 5, -2), and ( 7, -1). If the triangle is reflected across the x-axis, what will its new centroid be?

1 Answer
May 25, 2016

New centroid is (6,-4/3)

Explanation:

The centroid of the triangle with corners at (6,7), (5,-2) and (7, -1 ) is

((6+5+7)/3,(7+(-2)+(-1))/3) or (6,4/3)

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 (6,-4/3)