The point is translated by the vector . What are the coordinates of its image?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. (2, 6)
- Step 1: The top number moves the point horizontally: .
- Step 2: The bottom number moves it vertically: .
Answer
(2, 6).
Why not the others: (8, -2): This applies the vector in the opposite direction. (2, -2): This subtracts from instead of adding it. (-3, 4): This gives the vector itself as the image coordinates.
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