A triangle has corners at (3, 7 ), ( 5, -5), 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 (10/3,-1/3)

Explanation:

The centroid of the triangle with corners at (3,7), (5,-5) and (2, -1 ) is

((3+5+2)/3,(7+(-5)+(-1))/3) or (10/3,1/3)

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 (10/3,-1/3)