Translating Shapes
Learn how to translate shapes on a grid using column vectors. Let’s get started! 🚀
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🛎️ Translation: Sliding a Shape
- A translation moves a shape without changing its size or orientation.
- Every point shifts the same distance in the same direction.
🛎️ Column Vectors
- The top number shows the horizontal movement, where positive is right and negative is left.
- The bottom number shows the vertical movement, where positive is up and negative is down.
🛎️ Translating 2D Shapes
- You move all vertices using the same column vector, then connect them.
- The shape stays identical, just in a new position.
🛎️ Finding the Column Vector
- Count how far a point moves left or right first.
- Then count how far it moves up or down.
Practice Questions
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Interactive Activity
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