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Geometry 5 – Construction 21 – Centroid

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You’ll learn

  • Construct the centroid of a triangle as the intersection of two medians
  • Use the 2:1 ratio — the centroid sits two-thirds along each median from the vertex
  • Find a centroid from coordinates using the section formula with a:b = 2:1

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