Figure 1
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The centroid coordinates are two thirds away from
the vertex and 1/3 away from the right angle.
Figure 1
The centroid coordinates are two thirds away from |
The area of the triangle is
The x coordinate of the centroid, X, multiplied by the area is equal to the integral of x multiplied by the area da. That is, it is the sum of the small areas da multiplied by their x coordinate.
where,
Therefore,
Solving for the x coordinate of the centroid,
