Centroid of a triangle worksheet
The three medians all cross at one point, and on the coordinate plane it is simply the average of the three vertices. Average the x values, average the y values, done.
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How to do these
- Average the x values: 0, 6 and 3.
- Average the y values: 0, 0 and 9.
- That gives (3, 3).
The answer is .
Where students go wrong
Averaging only two of the vertices. That gives a midpoint, which is on a median but is not where the three of them meet.
Also called center of gravity of a triangle, medians of a triangle or coordinate geometry centroid.