TRANSFORMATIONS

Types of transformations
• Reflections
• Rotations
• Translations
• Enlargements

Reflections
o Reflecting a shape on a coordinate grid
o You will need to know the mirror line to reflect the shape
against it
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THE MIRROR LINE

o Horizontal lines are parallel to the 𝑥-axis, the equation will be
𝑦 = ’a number’
o Vertical lines are parallel to the 𝑦-axis, the equation will be
𝑥 = ’a number’

Rotations
o Rotating a shape on a coordinate grid
o You will need coordinates of the ‘center of rotation’ and the
angle and direction of the turn
Translations
o Moving the shape around the coordinate grid
o Moved using a column vector
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COLUMN VECTOR

𝑁 RIGHT (+) AND LEFT (−)

( ) UP (+) AND DOWN (−)

𝑁
Enlargements
o Enlarging a shape on a coordinate grid
o All the angles of the shape stay the same
o You need the scale factor that you will enlarge the shape by and
the position of center of enlargement