Question

Quadrilateral ABCD is translated down and left to form quadrilateral OLMN. If AB = 6 units, BC = 5 units, CD = 8 units, and AD = 10 units, what is LO?

Answer 1

6units

Explanation:

ABCD is translated to OLMN which meansthat AB has been translated to OL, so length of OLmust be equal to AB

Thus OL=6units

Answer 2

The LO segment is 6 units long.

Explanation:

The translation means that the quadrilateral ABCD just was moved and each length is exactly the same.

So, according to the problem ABCD was translated to OLMN, from this we can conclude that AB = OL, BC = LM, CD = MN and NO = DA.

Therefore, if AB = 6 units, then OL = 6 units too, and OL = LO, because every segment is reflexive and symmetric, which means that from point O to point L has the same length as from point L to point O.

Therefore, the LO segment is 6 units long.