Question

XYZ has coordinates X(2, 3), Y(1,4), and Z(8,9). A translation maps X to X'(4,7). What are the coordinates for Y' and Z' for this translation?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The coordinates are $Y'(x,y) = (3, 8)$ and $Z'(x,y) = (10, 13)$.

Step-by-step explanation:

First, we have to derive an expression for translation under the assumption that each point of XYZ experiments the same translation. Vectorially speaking, translation from X to X' is defined by:

$X'(x,y) = X(x,y) + T(x,y)$ (1)

Where $T(x,y)$ is the vector translation.

If we know that $X(x,y) = (2,3)$ and $X'(x,y) = (4,7)$, then the vector translation is:

$T(x,y) = X'(x,y)-X(x,y)$

$T(x,y) = (4,7) - (2,3)$

$T(x,y) = (2, 4)$

Then, we determine the coordinates for Y' and Z':

$Y'(x,y) = Y(x,y) + T(x,y)$

$Y'(x,y) = (1,4) + (2,4)$

$Y'(x,y) = (3, 8)$

$Z'(x,y) = Z(x,y) + T(x,y)$

$Z'(x,y) =(8,9) + (2,4)$

$Z'(x,y) = (10, 13)$

The coordinates are $Y'(x,y) = (3, 8)$ and $Z'(x,y) = (10, 13)$.