A triangle has corners at (3, 9 ), ( 6, -5), and ( 4, -9 )#. If the triangle is reflected across the x-axis, what will its new centroid be?

1 Answer
May 25, 2016

New centroid is (13/3,5/3)

Explanation:

The centroid of the triangle with corners at (3,9), (6,-5) and (4, -9 ) is

((3+6+4)/3,(9+(-5)+(-9))/3) or (13/3,-5/3)

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 (13/3,5/3)