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Sum of vectors connecting the center of mass of a quadrilateral with its vertices
Prove yourself that for any quadrilateral in a plane the sum of the vectors connecting the center of mass of the quadrilateral with its vertices is equal to zero.
In a coordinate plane, the center of mass of a quadrilateral with vertices P=P(x1,y1), Q=Q(x2,y2), R=R(x2,y2) and S=S(x4,y4) is the point with the coordinates
= , = .
The center of mass of a quadrilateral is called sometimes a centroid or a barycenter of the quadrilateral.
Tip: Use the component form of vectors in a coordinate plane (see the lessons Vectors in a coordinate plane and Addition, Subtraction and Multiplication by a number of vectors in a coordinate plane under the topic Introduction to vectors, addition and scaling of the section Algebra-II in this site).
If you want to see this Problem solved, find the solution in the lesson Sum of vectors connecting the center of mass of a n-sided polygon qith its vertices under the topic Introduction to vectors, addition and scaling of the section Algebra-II in this site.
Note. For any parallelogram, the center of mass coincides with the intersection point of the parallelogram's diagonals.
This is proved in the lesson The Centroid of a parallelogram is the Intersection point of its diagonals under the topic  Geometry of the section Word problems in this site.
My introductory lessons on vectors in this site are
- Vectors in a plane
- Sum of vectors that are coherently oriented sides of a convex closed polygon
- Sum of vectors that are coherently oriented sides of an unclosed polygon
- Sum of vectors that connect the center of a parallelogram with its vertices
- Vectors in a coordinate plane
- Addition, Subtraction and Multiplication by a number of vectors in a coordinate plane
- Summing vectors that are coherently oriented sides of a convex closed polygon
- Summing vectors that are coherently oriented sides of an unclosed polygon
- The Centroid of a triangle is the Intersection point of its medians
- The Centroid of a parallelogram is the Intersection point of its diagonals
- Sum of vectors connecting the center of mass of a triangle with its vertices
- Sum of vectors connecting the center of mass of a quadrilateral with its vertices (this lesson)
- Sum of vectors connecting the center of mass of a n-sided polygon with its vertices
- Sum of vectors connecting the center of a regular n-sided polygon with its vertices
- Solved problems on vectors in a plane
- Solved problems on vectors in a coordinate plane
- HOW TO find the length of the vector in a coordinate plane
- Flying airplane, blowing wind, airspeed, groundspeed etc.
- OVERVIEW of Introductory lessons on vectors in a plane
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