SOLUTION: How do you find the center point of an irrregular polygon.?

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Question 419709: How do you find the center point of an irrregular polygon.?
Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
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The centroid or center of mass can be found by mapping each vertex to a coordinate plane. The center of mass can be expressed as (a,b) where a is the average of the x-coordinates and b is the average of the y-coordinates.