Chapter 8: Example 3

Center of gravity
Enter
Enter the
the weights
weights and
and coordinates
coordinates in
in the
the data
data area.
area.

Data
Weight X coord Y coord
Chicago 2000 30 120
New York 1000 130 130 Location
Pittsburgh 1000 90 110 140
Atlanta 2000 60 40 120
100
Results 80
Sum 6000 310 400 60
Average 77.5 100 40
20
Weighted Average 66.66667 93.33333
0
20 40 60 80 100 120 140
Distance table
X coord 30 130 90 60
Y coord 120 130 110 40
X coord Y coord Chicago New York Pittsburgh Atlanta
30 120 Chicago 0 100.4988 60.82763 85.44004
130 130 New York 100.4988 0 44.72136 114.0175
90 110 Pittsburgh 60.82763 44.72136 0 76.15773
60 40 Atlanta 85.44004 114.0175 76.15773 0
Total 246.7664 259.2377 181.7067 275.6153
Weighted
Total 332206.5 473754 318692.1 361055.3
 Location

0 80 100 120 140