Straight Line and Pair of Straight Lines 3 Question 1
1.
A triangle has a vertex at $(1,2)$ and the mid-points of the two sides through it are $(-1,1)$ and $(2,3)$. Then, the centroid of this triangle is
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(a) $(1, \frac{7}{3})$
(b) $(\frac{1}{3}, 2)$
(c) $(\frac{1}{3}, 1)$
(d) $(\frac{1}{3}, \frac{5}{3})$
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Answer:
Correct Answer: 1. (b)
Solution:
- Let a $\triangle A B C$ is such that vertices
$A(1,2), B\left(x _1 y _1\right)$ and $C\left(x _2, y _2\right)$.
It is given that mid-point of side $A B$ is $(-1,1)$.
$ \begin{array}{lc} \text { So, } & \frac{x _1+1}{2}=-1 \\ \text { and } & \frac{y _1+2}{2}=1 \\ \Rightarrow & x _1=-3 \text { and } y _1=0 \end{array} $
So, point $B$ is $(-3,0)$
Also, it is given that mid-point of side $A C$ is $(2,3)$, so
$ \begin{aligned} & & \frac{x _2+1}{2} & =2 \text { and } \frac{y _2+2}{2}=3 \\ \Rightarrow & & x _2 & =3 \text { and } y _2=4 \end{aligned} $
So, point $C$ is $(3,4)$.
Now, centroid of $\triangle A B C$ is
$ G (\frac{1+(-3)+3}{3}, \frac{2+0+4}{3})=G \quad (\frac{1}{3}, 2) $
