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triangle properties
Let’s put the drink stall at the centroid
Outside the venue would be a pretty weird place to put your drinks stall, so it’s
important to pick a center which is always interior.
The centroid also never gets pulled particularly close to one side or vertex,
whereas the incenter can end up very far from one vertex if the triangle has
sides of very different lengths.
An interesting thing about the centroid is that it’s where the triangle
balances—this means that each median splits the triangle area into two equal
halves.
Stage at this end.
Scale : 1cm = 10 meters
Using accurate construction, find the position of the centroid of
your field to the nearest meter.
Do you notice anything interesting about the distance from the
centroid to the stage?
and ruler