CCGPS CA 5.1.2 Example 3

Author:
Walch Education
Topic:
Translation
Given the transformation of a translation , and the points and , show that the transformation of a translation is isometric by calculating the distances, or lengths, of and .
  1. Plot the points of the preimage.
  2. Transform the points.
  3. Plot the image points.
  4. Calculate the distance, , of each segment from the preimage and the image and compare them.
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