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Concept Problem Revisited
The center of rotation is shown in the picture below. If we draw rays to the same point in each arrow, we see that the
two images are a 120◦rotation in either direction.
Vocabulary
Atransformationis an operation that moves, flips, or otherwise changes a figure to create a new figure. Arigid
transformation(also known as anisometryorcongruence transformation) is a transformation that does not change
the size or shape of a figure. The new figure created by a transformation is called theimage. The original figure is
called thepreimage. Arotationis a transformation where a figure is turned around a fixed point to create an image.
The lines drawn from the preimage to thecenter of rotationand from the center of rotation to the image form the
angle of rotation.
Guided Practice
- The rotation of a quadrilateral is shown below. What is the measure ofxandy?
- A rotation of 80◦clockwise is the same as what counterclockwise rotation?
- A rotation of 160◦counterclockwise is the same as what clockwise rotation?
Answers:
- Because a rotation is an isometry that produces congruent figures, we can set up two equations to solve forxand
y.
2 y= 80 ◦ 2 x− 3 = 15
y= 40 ◦ 2 x= 18
x= 9