If the centroid of the triangle formed by the points (a, b),
If the centroid of the triangle formed by the points (a, b), (b, c) and (c, a) is at the origin, then a3 + b3 + c3 =
(a) abc
(b) 0
(c) a + b + c
(d) 3 abc
The co-ordinates of the vertices are (a, b); (b, c) and (c, a)
The co-ordinate of the centroid is (0, 0)
We know that the co-ordinates of the centroid of a triangle whose vertices are $\left(x_{1}, y_{1}\right),\left(x_{2}, y_{2}\right),\left(x_{3}, y_{3}\right)$ is
$\left(\frac{x_{1}+x_{2}+x_{3}}{3}, \frac{y_{1}+y_{2}+y_{3}}{3}\right)$
So,
$(0,0)=\left(\frac{a+b+c}{3}, \frac{b+c+a}{3}\right)$
Compare individual terms on both the sides-
$\frac{a+b+c}{3}=0$
Therefore,
$a+b+c=0$
We have to find the value of -
$a^{3}+b^{3}+c^{3}$
Now as we know that if,
$a+b+c=0$
Then,
$a^{3}+b^{3}+c^{3}=3 a b c$
So the answer is (d)