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Find the centroid of the triangle whose vertices are (2,4), (6,4), (2,0).

Here, x1 = 2, x2 = 6, x3 = 2


and y1 = 4, y2 = 4, y3 = 0


Let the coordinates of the centroid be(x,y)


So,





Hence, the centroid of a triangle is


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