MathButler Transformations

Jed Butler

Showing congruence and similarity through geometric transformation to simplify calculation for area, length, and angles.


  • 1. Kite transformed into rectangle.
  • 2. Similar Triangles transformed using Reflection and Rotation
  • 3. Introduction to rigid transformations (reflection)
  • 4. Rigid Motions of the Plane
  • 5. Congruence by Rigid Motions

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Kite transformed into rectangle.

This transformation demonstrates the relationship between a kite and rectangle. Use it to show/confirm the relationship between the kite and the resulting rectangle from the transformation.
Kite transformed into rectangle.
What is the area of a kite?[br][br]What is the area of a rectangle?[br][br]Prove that the area of the kite and rectangle with base AC and height BE are equal.
– Jed Butler

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