Question

A line segment is translated 3 units down and 1 unit to the left. One of the endpoints after the translation is (5, 8)
. What was this point before the translation?

Answer 1

Translation vector = (-1, -3) (1 left, 3 down). Reverse it by adding (1, 3): (5 + 1, 8 + 3) = (6, 11).