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quadrilateral WXYZ is translated (-5,3). if point W is located at (5,8), where will its image be located?

quadrilateral WXYZ is translated (-5,3). if point W is located at (5,8), where will-example-1
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The translation simply tells you how to operate on the coordinates of the points. So, translating
(-5,3) means that you have to subtract 5 to the x coordinate and 3 to the y coordinate.

So, point
(5,8) is mapped onto


(5,8)\mapsto (5-5,8+3) = (0,11)

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