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Which of the following best describes the centroid of a triangle?

Class 10Coordinate GeometryGeometry — Coordinates
  • AThe point where the three medians intersect
  • BThe point where the three altitudes intersect
  • CThe point where the perpendicular bisectors intersect
  • DThe point where the angle bisectors intersect

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The centroid is the intersection point of the three medians of a triangle (a median joins a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side); it is the triangle's balance point.
Answer: A) The point where the three medians intersect

Key idea: Centroid of a triangle

The **centroid** is the point where the three medians of a triangle meet (a median connects a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side). It is the 'balance point' of the triangle.

**Coordinates**: just the average of the three vertices:
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**Example**: Triangle with A(0, 0), B(6, 0), C(3, 9).
Centroid: = (3, 3).

A useful invariant — the centroid divides each median in ratio 2:1 from the vertex.

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