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Mathematics (Grade 8)

Geometry

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Geometry: Rigid Transformations

Identifying Congruent Figures by Rotation

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Identifying Congruent Figures By Rotation
Introduction

Shapes can be moved in different ways without changing their size or shape. One important way is rotation, which means turning a figure around a point. Learnin...

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We have a coordinate plane showing several shapes in different positions. Your task is to find which figures are congruent using rotation only about the origin.

First, observe rectangles ABCD and PQRS. These appear to have the same side lengths and angle measures.

We can rotate the shape in either direction. We rotate rectangle ABCD ...

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