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Find the centroids of the triangles whose vertices are given below.

(1) (-7, 6), (2, -2), (8, 5)


(2) (3, -5), (4, 3), (11, -4)


(3) (4, 7), (8, 4), (7, 11)

The coordinates of the centroid (x,y) od a triangle formed by points (a,b), (c,d), (e,f) is given by



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