How would you describe the effect on the coordinates of the vertices of a figure that is translated to the left 6 units and up 5 units?)

Responses

Subtract 6 units from each x
-value and add 5 units to each y
-value.
Subtract 6 units from each x -value and add 5 units to each y -value.

Add 6 units to each x
-value and add 5 units to each y
-value.
Add 6 units to each x -value and add 5 units to each y -value.

Subtract 5 units from each x
-value and add 6 units to each y
-value.
Subtract 5 units from each x -value and add 6 units to each y -value.

Subtract 6 units from each y
-value and add 5 units to each x
-value.

1 answer

To describe the effect on the coordinates of the vertices of a figure that is translated to the left 6 units and up 5 units, you would:

Subtract 6 units from each x-value and add 5 units to each y-value.

This is because translating to the left means decreasing the x-coordinates, and translating up means increasing the y-coordinates. Thus, the correct transformation of the coordinates (x, y) would be:

New coordinates = (x - 6, y + 5)