TransformationsROTATIONS AND DILATIONS

What is a rotation?

Rotation means turning around a center

The distance from the center to any point on the shape stays the same.

Every point makes a circle around the center.

Check out my source for a neat GIF that shows a rotation.

Source: http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/rotation.html

Rotation Tricks

If your original point A (x , y) is rotated 90° counterclockwise it becomes A’(-y , x).

If your original point B (x, y) is rotated 90° clockwise it becomes B’(y, -x)

If your original point C (x, y) is rotated 180° counterclockwise or clockwise it becomes (-x, -y). (if you go 180° in counterclockwise or clockwise they would both end up in the same place)

If your original point D (x, y) is rotated 270° counterclockwise it becomes D’(y, -x). (Same as 90° clockwise)

Try These…

Rotate Q (-1, 3) 90° counterclockwise about the origin.

Rotate M(4, -6) 270° counterclockwise about the origin.

Rotate N (-2, -3) 180° clockwise about the origin.

Rotate Triangle T (0, -9) U (7, 8) V (-6, 3) 90° clockwise about the origin.

Answers….

Q’ (-3, -1)

M’ (-6, -4)

N’ (2, 3)

T’(-9, 0) U’(8, -7) V’(3, 6)

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Dilations

A dilation stretches or shrinks an object. It is the same shape as the original, just a different size.

The scale factor is how much the object stretches or shrinks.

If the scale factor is greater than one, the object stretches. If it between zero and 1 (0<k<1) then the object shrinks.

To find the new image, simply multiply the points by the scale factor.

Source: http://www.regentsprep.org/regents/math/geometry/gt3/ldilate2.htm

Try some…

Triangle A (-2, 3) B(3, 6) C (-5, 9) is dilated by a scale factor of ½. Find the new points of the image.

Triangle Q (4, -1) R (-4, 8) S (10, 2) is dilated by a scale factor of 3. Find the new points of the image.

Triangle D (-3, -4) E (6, 8) F (12, 2) is dilated and is now at D’ (-6, -8) E’ (12, 16) F’ (24, 12). By what scale factor did the dilation occur?

Answers…

A’ (-1, 1.5) B’ (1.5, 3) C’ (-2.5, 4.5)

Q’ (12, -3) R’ (-12, 24) S’ (30, 6)

Scale factor = 2

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