Asked by bob

Triangles D E F and G H J are congruent. Triangle D E F is shifted down and to the right to form triangle G H J.
Triangle DEF is congruent to TriangleGHJ by the SSS theorem. Which rigid transformation is required to map TriangleDEF onto TriangleGHJ?

dilation
reflection
rotation
translation

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Translation.

A shift "down and to the right" moves every vertex by the same vector — that's a translation (an isometry preserving distances and orientation). Reflection, rotation, and dilation do not match that uniform slide.