When is AB equal to BA?
- Author:
- Judah L Schwartz
Explore the circumstances under which a rotation of a shape about a fixed point O
followed by a translation of the rotated shape leads to the same result as a
translation of a shape followed by a rotation of the translated shape about O.
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You can fix the size and direction of the translation by dragging the gold dot.
You can fix the angle of rotation by using the blue slider.
Given a quadrilateral Q, under what circumstances is
R[T(Q)] = T[R(Q)] ?