Translations of a Geometric Figure

(with Sliders)

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Questions:

1. What happens to the image polygon when points in the original figure are moved?

2. Move the sliders so that v = 5 and h = 0. Where is the image polygon with respect to the original?

3. Move the sliders so that v = 0 and h = -6. Where is the image polygon with respect to the original?

4. Find a pair of h and v values that move the image figure to the left and below the original.

5. What happens if both v = 0 and h = 0?

6. Move the sliders so that v = 4 and h = 2. The write down the coordinates for A and A’, B and B’, C and C’, and D and D’. How are the coordinates for these points related to the given slider values for h and k?

Ward Roberts, October 5, 2008, Created with GeoGebra