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How to Calculate Centroid of a Triangle? Formula and Solved Example
The centroid of a triangle is the center of the triangle, that is the point of intersection of three medians of a triangle.
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The median is a line drawn from a vertex to the midpoint of opposite side.
Centroid of a triangle divides all the medians of the triangle in 2:1 ratio.
Centroid in other words is the point of concurrency of medians of a triangle.
Centroid of a triangle formula can be expressed as:
Let us take an example to find the centroid of a triangle.
Calculate the centroid of a triangle whose vertices are 8, 1, 4, 9 and (3, 5).