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A rectangle is located on a coordinate plane. If the ordered pair (t, u) represents a vertex of this rectangle, which algebraic representation describes the effect of translating the rectangle 8 units up and 3 units left?

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Answer: (t,u) -> (t-3, u+8)

Step-by-step explanation: Up is the y value and left is the x value.

In the point ( t,u) t is the x value and u is the y value.

Moving to the left, you subtract the value and moving up you add the value.

The answer would be (t, u) → (-t – 3, u + 8)

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