Exploring Properties of Transformations

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Reflection Questions:

  1. Click on each transformation button to determine how it works.  Also, move the original points of the pre-image. What happens under each transformation?

  1. Click on the "Show size change" button.  What relation exists between the area of the head in the image and pre-image?

  1. Can you create a translation vector that will result in an image that is twice the size of its pre-image?

  1. Challenge: Show that the result of two reflections is a rotation.

  1. Click on the button below to download directions for using GSP to create a moving Ferris Wheel.  If you need further help, click on the demonstration video button below.

 

 

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