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Given a cloud of points in three dimensional space (with coordinates x,y,z), is the centroid for these points equal to the arithmetic mean of their coordinates?

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    Look for the definition of "centroid" in your book. In my textbook, the answer is "yes" (if "cloud" means "finite set").2012-02-22
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centroid#Of_a_finite_set_of_points2012-02-22
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    Thanks for the reply, i saw the wikipedia page, but wasn't sure if my interpretation was correct.2012-02-22

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