Translations on the Coordinate Plane
Answer the following questions in your notes.
Click and drag the Points J and K to change the length and direction of vector.
1) Click and drag the Points J and K. Change the length of the vector. What do you notice happens between Triangle ABC and Triangle A'B'C'?
2) Click on K and change the direction of the vector. What do you notice happens between Triangle ABC and Triangle A'B'C'?
3) Change the size of Triangle ABC. What do you notice about the size and shape of Triangle A'B'C'?
4) Record the slope of the vector.
Slope is _____________.
5) State the coordinates of Triangle ABC and the coordinates of Triangle A'B'C'.
A (___,____) --> A' (___,____)
B (___,____) --> B' (___,____)
C (___,____) --> C' (___,____)
6) What do you notice between the slope of the vector and how the coordinates of Triangle ABC and the coordinates of Triangle A'B'C' relate to each other?