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A student states that the translation of triangle ABC is A’B’C’. What measurements or properties of lines AA', BB', and CC' do you need to confirm that it is a translation? :D

A student states that the translation of triangle ABC is A’B’C’. What measurements-example-1
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If you can show that the following two items are true

  • AA' = BB' = CC'
  • AA' || BB' || CC'

then you have shown that triangle A'B'C' is a translated or shifted copy of triangle ABC. In other words, they are the same triangle.

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