Question

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

(-3, -2)
(1, 2)
(-3, 6)
(-7, 2)

Answer 1

(-3, -2)

Explanation:

When a point is translated, the key words are very important to look at.

Up/down means you are translating the y axis.

Left/right means you are translating the x axis.

So using this key, we can solve.

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A point located at (-3, 2) is translated down 4 units.

Since the point is going down, we will be translating the y axis. 2-4 is -2.

Since the x is staying the same, the x will be -3.

So your translated points are (-3, -2)

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I hope this helps!

-No one