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Translation is sliding a figure around. Okay, that's probably the most informal you can get. But you get the intuition, right? Good. That means I can throw the formal definition at you. You can do it!
Okay, here it is in 3… 2… 1… GO! The formal definition of a translation is every point in the shape must move 1) the same distance and 2) in the same direction.
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A transformation consisting of a constant offset with no rotation or distortion is defined as Translation. In n-dimensional Euclidean space, a translation may be specified simply as a vector giving the offset in each of the n coordinates.
Source: Weisstein, Eric W. "Translation." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource.
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Here is a link (http://www.math-aids.com/cgi/pdf_viewer_4.cgi?script_name=coordinate_translation.pl&language=0&memo=&answer=1&x=131&y=26) with a worksheet to practice your newly acquired skills. You only need to identify which one is the translation and which aren't. Good luck!
