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A point located at (5, 3) is translated down 4 units and right 2 units. What are the coordinates of the image?

(9, 5)
(1, 5)
(7, -1)
(3, 7)

User DengApro
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Answer:

(7, -1)

Explanation:

Let's remember our key words:

Down/up means to translate the y axis.

Right/left means to translate the x axis.

Now that we know what to do, let's look at our equation.

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A point located at (5, 3) is translated down 4 units and right 2 units.

Let's work on the x axis first.

It says that you are translating to the right. That means your value is going higher, so you go to the right 2. 5+2=7

So now that we have our x, (7), let's rewrite our equation. (7, 3)

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Next, let's do y.

The points are translating down. That means our value will lessen.

Since we are going down on our y axis by 4, we will subtract our current y coordinate with 4. 3-4=-1.

Now we know our y, so let's rewrite our equation with our new y. (7, -1).

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Our final coordinates are (7, -1).

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I hope this helps!

-No one

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