Translations on the Cartesian Plane
Students will perform and describe translations of 2D shapes using coordinate notation.
Key Questions
- Explain how coordinate notation precisely describes a translation.
- Predict the new coordinates of a shape after a given translation.
- Construct a sequence of translations to move a shape from one position to another.
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