To determine the next step after rotating the rectangle in Quadrant III (the first rectangle) 90 degrees clockwise about the origin, we need to examine where the rectangle has moved to after the rotation.
The first rectangle has vertices at:
- (-5, -4)
- (-1, -4)
- (-1, -6)
- (-5, -6)
When rotated 90 degrees clockwise about the origin, the coordinates of these points will transform as follows:
- (-5, -4) -> (-(-4), 5) = (4, -5)
- (-1, -4) -> (-(-4), 1) = (4, -1)
- (-1, -6) -> (-(-6), 1) = (6, -1)
- (-5, -6) -> (-(-6), 5) = (6, -5)
Now, after the rotation, you should translate the newly positioned rectangle (with vertices at (4, -5), (4, -1), (6, -1), (6, -5)) to align it with the rectangle in Quadrant I (the second rectangle) defined by:
- (3, 4)
- (5, 4)
- (5, 8)
- (3, 8)
To do this translation, you need to find the difference between the x-coordinates and the y-coordinates of a corresponding point in Quadrant I and the newly positioned rectangle in Quadrant III after rotation. Picking, for example, the point (4, -5) from the rotated rectangle and (3, 4) from the target rectangle, the translation vector can be determined as follows:
For x-coordinate:
- Target x (3) - Rotated x (4) = 3 - 4 = -1
For y-coordinate:
- Target y (4) - Rotated y (-5) = 4 - (-5) = 4 + 5 = 9
Thus, the translation vector needed is (-1, 9).
Hence, the answer is:
translate by (-1, 9)