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What is (14,-12) translated 6 units left

What is (14,-12) translated 6 units left-example-1

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Going to the right or left when doing translation effects the x coordinate. In this case, the x coordinate is 14. Since we are moving 6 units to the left, we must subtract 6 from 14. Moving to the left is negative and moving to the right is positive.

14 - 6 = 8

The answer is (8,-12)
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