Identifying Congruent Figures by Translation

Identifying Congruent Figures By Translation
Introduction

Shapes can move from one place to another without changing their size or shape. One common way is called translation, which means sliding a figure. This hel...

Imagine you are given a coordinate plane with several figures. Your task is to identify which figures are congruent using translation only.

First, you observe rectangles LMNO and HJKL above the x-axis. They look like the same size and have the same orientation.

To match rectangle HJKL, translate rectangle LMNO 6 units to the right a...