## anonymous one year ago The vertices of a rectangle are...

1. anonymous

2. butterflydreamer

focus on the point R which is getting translated from: $R ( -5, -5) \rightarrow R' (-7, -8)$ So look at your x value first. From x= -5 it went to x = -7, From y = -5, it went to y = -8 Can you find the rule?

3. anonymous

yeeee no.. I'm sorry

4. butterflydreamer

in other words, what does$-7 - (-5) = -7 + 5 = ?$

5. butterflydreamer

let's try a different approach then. Does -5 + 2 = -7 or does -5 - 2 = -7 ?

6. anonymous

The second one no?

7. butterflydreamer

correct! :) -5 - 2 = -7 Notice how our ORIGINAL x-coordinate was -5 and AFTER the translation the x-coordinate was -7? This means the rule for the "x" part was x - 2

8. butterflydreamer

Now we want to focus on the y part. Originally y = -5, after the translation y = -8 So, -5 - 3 = -8 ? or -5 + 3 = -8 ?

9. anonymous

the first one

10. butterflydreamer

yes so your rule for the "y" part is y - 3 so now you have your answer

11. anonymous

Thank you so much! And thank you for expelling it to me ^_^

12. butterflydreamer

noooo problem :)

13. anonymous

*explaining

14. butterflydreamer

:)