How would you describe the effect on the coordinates of the vertices of a figure that is translated to the left 6 units and up 5 units?

Question

Add 6 units to each x
-value and add 5 units to each y
-value.
Add 6 units to each x -value and add 5 units to each y -value.

Subtract 6 units from each x
-value and add 5 units to each y
-value.
Subtract 6 units from each x -value and add 5 units to each y -value.

Subtract 5 units from each x
-value and add 6 units to each y
-value.
Subtract 5 units from each x -value and add 6 units to each y -value.

Subtract 6 units from each y
-value and add 5 units to each x
-value.

Answer 1

When a figure is translated to the left by 6 units and up by 5 units, the effect on the coordinates of the vertices can be described as follows:

• To translate the figure to the left by 6 units, you subtract 6 from each x-coordinate.
• To translate the figure up by 5 units, you add 5 to each y-coordinate.

Thus, the correct description of the transformation is:

Subtract 6 units from each x-value and add 5 units to each y-value.