Question

can someone please help me with this?
find the center of mass of a triangle with the vertices (5,8), (5,11) and (9,11)

Answer 1

@Krishnadas do you think you could help me out please

Answer 2

are you sure it is center of mass?

Answer 3

yes, this is a practice test question. we did an example in class with a triangle

Answer 4

but that one was different because two sides were actually the x and y axis

Answer 5

in math isnt it the same as centroid?

Answer 6

yes. that's my mistake i always call it center of mass

Answer 7

ok..

Answer 8

centroid =[ ( x1+x2+x3)/3 ,( y1+y2+y3)/3 )]

Answer 9

centroid=5+5+9/3 and 8+11+11/3

Answer 10

19/3 and 10

Answer 11

thank you so much! i spent an hour trying to figure this out. my professor taught it a different way and it confused me

Answer 12

I just stumbled on center of mass..its a physics concept involving mass also