Question

A triangle with a vertex (-3, 5) is translated up 6 units. What are the coordinated of this vertex after it is translated? Draw a graph if necessary.

Answer 1

The original vertex is (-3, 5). When the triangle is translated up 6 units, the y-coordinate of the vertex will increase by 6. Therefore, the new coordinate of the vertex will be (-3, 5+6) = (-3, 11).

Here is a graph illustrating the translation:

Original vertex: (-3, 5)
Translated vertex: (-3, 11)

Graph:
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(-3, 11)
(-3, 5)