Each distance between the three pairs of corresponding vertices is the same. Based on this observation, a translation is a transformation in a coordinate plane that moves the vertices of a shape a fixed distance. In fact, a translation moves all points on a shape a fixed distance.
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The distances between the three pairs of corresponding vertices for each movement must be equal. That is, if you translate points A to A', B to B', et cetera, the distance between A and A', and B and B' are the same.
A translation is a rigid transformation that moves vertices of a figure a fixed distance.
In a general way, a translation moves all points on a shape a fixed distance.
