PA Vocabulary Transformational Geometry

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Area

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The measurement attribute that describes the number of square units a figure or region covers.

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Center of dilation

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A coordinate point that serves as the focal point for generating a dilation. (usually the origin).

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Circumference

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The distance around a circle.

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Congruent

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Having exactly the same size and same shape.

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Dilation

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A transformation in which an image is enlarged or reduced, depending on the scale factor, proportional to the Preimage.

Rule: (x,y)→(kx,ky).

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Perimeter

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The distance around the outer edge of a figure.

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Positive rational numbers

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The set of numbers that can be expressed as a fraction, where a and b are counting (natural) numbers.

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Rotation

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A transformation described as a turn of a figure around a designated point.

Rules:

90° CW or 270° CCW (x,y)→(y,-x),

180° CW or CCW (x,y)→(-x,-y),

90° CCW or 270° CW (x,y)→(-y,x).

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Reflection

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A transformation described as a flip or a mirror image of the original figure.

Rules:

Over x-axis (x,y)→(x,-y),

Over y-axis (x,y)→(-x,y),

y= x (x,y)→(y,x),

y= -x (x,y)→(-y,-x).

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Scale factor

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The number a figure is dilated by, represented by k.

Equal to 'new/old' or 'Image/Pre-Image'.