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Exploring Translations

Directions

Explore the applet and then answer the questions below the graph.

No translation

What are the ordered pairs for the vertices of the red triangle when horizontal = 0 and vertical = 0?

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  • A
  • B
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Horizontal translation

What are the ordered pairs of the red triangle when horizontal = 2 and vertical = 0?

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  • A
  • B
  • C
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Vertical translation

What are the ordered pairs of the red triangle when horizontal = 0 and vertical = -2?

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  • A
  • B
  • C
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Both translations

What are the ordered pairs of the red triangle when horizontal = 3 and vertical =-1?

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  • A
  • B
  • C
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Defining translations

How would you define what happens when we translate a shape in the coordinate plane?