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Question

Point P (1,2) is translated by a vector (2,5).Find the new position of P

Answer 1

Hi Catrish!

When we say "translation," we are referring to movement- shifting something from one spot to another without changing its shape. In your question, we are moving the point (1,2) by the vector (2,5). This is a displacement vector, so (2,5) basically means "move right 2, move up 5." So we can see that the final point will be (1+2, 2+5), yielding an answer of (3,7).

I hope this helps!

Best,

Jade