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CAHSEE Math 5.3 Measurement and Geometry 283 Views


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Measurement and Geometry: Drill Set 5, Problem 3. Which of the following figures shown on the same coordinate axis would be the resulting triangle?

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00:03

Here’s your shmoop du jour…

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Jake’s favorite way to mess with his roommate Blake is to continually move his stuff around.

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Like… Blake’s unusual collection of signed… triangles.The triangle XYZ is shown below. 

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If this triangle is translated +2 units on the x-axis and -2 units on the y-axis,

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the resulting triangle X'Y'Z' would be which of the following figures shown on the same coordinate axis?

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And here are the potential answers...

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OK, so this question is asking us about translation.

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A translation of 2 on the x-axis, the horizontal axis, moves the whole triangle to the right 2 units.

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Similarly, a translation of negative 2 on

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the y-axis, the vertical axis, means a shift of 2 units down for the entire triangle.

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Since both translations move the entire triangle, this also means that any point on the triangle

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XYZ undergoes the same translation.

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We can focus on just one point of the triangle, like X, on the triangle XYZ.

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It has coordinates (-4, 4).

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Undergoing the translation of 2 to the right and 2 down, the new point, X', should have

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coordinates (-4 + 2, 4 - 2) or (-2, 2).

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The only triangle with X' having these coordinates is triangle D.

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Our answer is D.

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As in, "Don't touch my things!”

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