TRANSFORMATIONS AND CONGRUENCE CHALLENGE 1

Instructions
A two-dimensional figure is [b][i]congruent[/i][/b] to another if the second figure can be constructed from the first by a sequence of what geometers call [i][b]transformations[/b][/i]:  [br][list][*][i][b][i][b]reflection     [icon]/images/ggb/toolbar/mode_mirroratline.png[/icon][/b][/i][/b][/i][/*][*][i][b]rotation        [icon]/images/ggb/toolbar/mode_rotatebyangle.png[/icon][/b][/i][/*][*][b][i]translation [/i][/b]  [icon]/images/ggb/toolbar/mode_vectorfrompoint.png[/icon][br][/*][/list][br]Remember that [b][i]congruent [/i][/b]means identical in terms of lengths of sides and all angles:  you could cut out the second figure and, with a bit of rearranging, get it to exactly cover the original figure.[br][br]If you have not used these tools in earlier GeoGebra activities, you will want to practice with them a bit.  Just construct any closed figure and try reflecting, rotating, and translating the original figure into a congruent figure that is has been transformed.[br][br][b]The Challenge[/b][br]On the [i]GeoGebra [/i]workspace, you will find a red figure, a green figure, and a blue figure:[br][list][*]The red figure is the original figure.  [br][/*][*]The green figure is a congruent figure created by using a transformation: either reflection, rotation, or translation.[br][/*][*]The blue figure is for you to experiment with.[/*][/list][br]Your challenge is determine which one of the transformations was used to create the congruent green figure.  [br][br]Experiment with the blue figure, a duplicate of the red figure.  Use one transformation tool, you decide which, to recreate the red to green transformation and, hence, the creation of a congruent figure.[br][br]The check-box will allow you to check your solution.

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