11.6 Translations in a Coordinate Plane
Objective: Graph points with negative coordinates.
Image: 'Bluto'
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Coordinate Plane ­ a plane divided into four
quadrants by a horizontal number line called the
x­axis and a vertical number line called the y­axis.
Image: 'Cypress Trees'
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Quadrant ­ the four regions
into which a coordinate
plane is divided by the x­
axis and y­axis.
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Quadrant 2 Quadrant 1
Quadrant 3 Quadrant 4
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Translation ­ each point of a
figure slides the same distance in
the same direction.
Image: 'Froglette on Sugar'
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Quadrant 2 Quadrant 1
Quadrant 3 Quadrant 4
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