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

1 Answer
May 25, 2016

New centroid is (10/3,-2)

Explanation:

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

((3+3+4)/3,(2+1+3)/3) or (10/3,2)

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 (10/3,-2)