A triangle has corners at (6, 7 ), ( 2, -4), and (9, -1 )#. If the triangle is reflected across the x-axis, what will its new centroid be?

1 Answer
Mar 11, 2016

New centroid is (17/3,-2/3)

Explanation:

The centroid of the triangle with corners at (6,7), ( 2,-4) and (9, -1 ) is

((6+2+9)/3,(7+(-4)+(-1))/3) or (17/3,2/3)

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 (17/3,-2/3)