Question

The center of gravity of a right angled triangle having h as height and b as base length and vertex at 90 degrees is at origin.

(a) (h/3,b/3)

(b) (b/4,h/4)

(c) (b/3,h/3)

(d) (h/2,b/2)

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Answer 1

Correct answer is (c) (b/3,h/3)

Easy explanation: Given is a right angled triangle having h as height and b as base length and vertex at 90 degrees is at origin. The center of gravity coincides with the centroid of the triangle the given answer is the centroid for such a triangle.