How would you describe the effect on the coordinates of the vertices of a figure that is translated down 4 units and to the right 3 units? Subtract 3 units from each x

Question

-value and subtract 4 units from each y
-value.
Subtract 3 units from each x -value and subtract 4 units from each y -value.

Add 4 units to each x
-value and subtract 3 units from each y
-value.
Add 4 units to each x -value and subtract 3 units from each y -value.

Add 3 units to each x
-value and add 4 units to each y
-value.
Add 3 units to each x -value and add 4 units to each y -value.

Add 3 units to each x
-value and subtract 4 units from each y
-value.

Answer 1

To translate a figure down 4 units and to the right 3 units, you need to adjust the coordinates of each vertex accordingly:

• Translating down 4 units means you subtract 4 from the y-coordinate.
• Translating to the right 3 units means you add 3 to the x-coordinate.

Therefore, the correct way to describe this transformation in terms of coordinates is:

Add 3 units to each x-value and subtract 4 units from each y-value.

So the final statement that describes the effect on the coordinates is:

Add 3 units to each x-value and subtract 4 units from each y-value.