The Centroid of a Triangle Lies at the Intersection of the Triangle's

question 31

Multiple Choice

The centroid of a triangle lies at the intersection of the triangle's medians, because it lies one-third of the way from each
side towards the opposite vertex. Use this result to find the centroid of the triangle whose vertices appear as following.
-(-9, 0) , (9, 0) , (0, 2)

• A) \(( 0,2 )\)
• B) \(\left( 0 , \frac { 4 } { 3 } \right)\)
• C) \(( 0,1 )\)
• D) \(\left( 0 , \frac { 2 } { 3 } \right)\)

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