

TranslationĪ translation moves the figure from its original position on the coordinate plane without changing its orientation. A shear does not stretch dimensions it does change interior angles. When a figure is sheared, its area is unchanged. To shear it, you "skew it," producing an image of a rhombus: Shear transformation definition Using the origin, (0, 0), as the point around which a two-dimensional shape rotates, you can easily see rotation in all these figures: Rotation transformation - definition and examplesĪ figure does not have to depend on the origin for rotation. The purple trapezoid image has been reflected along the x-axis, but you do not need to use a coordinate plane's axis for a reflection. Which trapezoid image, red or purple, is a reflection of the green preimage? Reflection transformation- definition and examples A reflection image is a mirror image of the preimage. Imagine cutting out a preimage, lifting it, and putting it back face down. The yellow triangle, a dilation, has been enlarged from the preimage by a factor of 3. Which triangle image, yellow or blue, is a dilation of the orange preimage? Dilation transformation - definition and examples Translation - The image is offset by a constant value from the preimage "a slide."ĭilate a preimage of any polygon is done by duplicating its interior angles while increasing every side proportionally. Shear - All the points along one side of a preimage remain fixed while all other points of the preimage move parallel to that side in proportion to the distance from the given side "a skew.," Rotation - The image is the preimage rotated around a fixed point "a turn." Reflection - The image is a mirrored preimage "a flip." There are five different transformations in math:ĭilation - The image is a larger or smaller version of the preimage "shrinking" or "enlarging."

The image is the figure after transformation. Mathematical transformations describe how two-dimensional figures move around a plane or coordinate system.Ī preimage or inverse image is the two-dimensional shape before any transformation. Transformations in the Coordinate PlaneĪ transformation is a process that manipulates a polygon or other two-dimensional object on a plane or coordinate system.
