transformations
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dialation

what is a transformation that enlarges or reduces a figure by a scale factor.

100

image

what is the new position of a point after a translation?

100

center of rotation

what is a fixed point around which shapes move in a circular motion to a new position?

200

rotation

what has a central point that stays fixed and everything else moves around that point?

200

preimage

what is the original figure?

200

angle of rotation 

what is the degree measure of the angle through which the figure is rotated?

300

reflection

what is a flip across the x-axis or y-axis?

300

isometry (rigid motion)


what is a transformation in the plane that preserves distance and angle measure?

300

rotational symmetry 

what is it called if you can rotate a figure 180 degrees or less so that it matches the original?

400

name all of the transformations

what is a dialation, reflection, translation, and rotation?

400

line of reflection

what is a line that a figure is flipped across to create a mirror image of the original figure?

400

scale factor

what is the ratio used to enlarge or reduce similar figures?

500

transformation

what is to slide, or move on the graph?

500

line of symmetry

what is a line that divides a figure into two halves that are mirror images of each other?

500

prime notation

what is the notation used in the labeling of points to indicate that the figure is the transformed figure?

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