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

To find the original endpoint before the translation, we need to move 3 units up and 1 unit to the right from the given endpoint (5, 8).

Moving 3 units up means subtracting 3 from the y-coordinate of the endpoint:
8 - 3 = 5

Moving 1 unit to the right means adding 1 to the x-coordinate of the endpoint:
5 + 1 = 6

Therefore, the original endpoint before the translation is (6, 5).