Question

which figure is a translation of figure a? figure c how can you map figure a onto figure c? translate figure a 3 units down to form figure c.

Explanation:

For the first question "Which figure is a translation of figure A?":

A translation is a rigid transformation that slides a figure without rotating or reflecting it. By visually comparing Figure A and Figure C, we can see that Figure C has the same shape and orientation as Figure A, just moved vertically. Other figures (not shown here but by process of elimination and the given hint) don't match the translation criteria as well as Figure C.

Step1: Identify the vertical distance between corresponding points of Figure A and Figure C.

Take a corresponding vertex (e.g., the top - left purple - circled vertex) of Figure A and Figure C. In the grid, we count the number of units we need to move down from Figure A's vertex to Figure C's vertex.

Step2: Count the units.

By looking at the grid lines, we can see that the vertical distance (number of units down) between the corresponding vertices of Figure A and Figure C is 3. So we translate Figure A 3 units down.

Answer:

Figure C

For the second question "How can you map figure A onto figure C? Translate figure A [ ] units [ ] to form figure C.":