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Please help with this geometry question i attempted it but dont understand it

Please help with this geometry question i attempted it but dont understand it-example-1
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You have the following vertices of a triangle:

A(1,1)

B(4,1)

C(4,5)

For the translation four untis to the right, consider this kind of translation means that it is necessary to sum 4 units to the x-coordinate:

A(1,1) => A'(1+4,1) = A'(5,1)

B(4,1) => B'(8,1)

C(4,5) => C'(8,5)

Next, a translation three units up is done by adding 3 units to the y-coordinate of points A', B' and C':

A'(5,1) => A''(5,1+3) = A''(5,4)

B'(8,1) => B''(8,4)

C'(8,5) => C''(8,8)

Next, a reflection around y=-1 consists in subtracting to the y-coordinate units equivalent to the vertical distance to the line y =-1, just as follow:

for the point A''(5,4) you can notice that the vertical distance of the y-coordinate, which is 4, to the line y=-1 is 5 units, then, it is necessary to subtract 5 units to such line:

A''(5,4) => A'''(5,-1-5)=A'''(5,-6)

for the point B''(8,4), the distance is again 5 units, then, you have:

B''(8,4) => B'''(8,-1-5) = B'''(8,-6)

for the point C''(8,8) the distance from y-coordinate y=8 to the line y=-1 is 9 units, then, yu subtract 9 units to -1:

C''(8,8) => C'''(8,-1-9) = C'''(8,-10)

Hence, the final points are:

A'''(5,6)

B'''(8,-6)

C'''(8,-10)

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