Common Core: High School - Geometry : Represent and Compare Transformations in the Plane: CCSS.Math.Content.HSG-CO.A.2
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Example Question #11 : Represent And Compare Transformations In The Plane: Ccss.Math.Content.Hsg Co.A.2
Mrs. Johnson's classroom is organized in a grid pattern. In her classroom there are 
Assume south represents a negative directional change in the 
To help solve this problem, look at the desks as a coordinate grid. Given that Billy currently sits in desk 
Since Billy wants to move 2 desks south or in the "down" direction then the mathematical notation would be,
Now since Billy also wants to move one desk to the east this results in the following,
From here, plug in the starting position which is 
Example Question #23 : Congruence
Billy is flying a kite at the park. The kite starts touching the spool of string it is attached to. As Billy runs, the spool of string unravels and the kite flies 
None of the other answers
Rotation
Translation
Dilation
Reflection
Translation
This question is applying mathematical and more specifically, geometric definitions to describe a real life situation. Geometric definitions usually correspond to objects in the 2 dimensional plane or 3 dimensional surface. Since the basket ball is the object in question, this problem is dealing with a the 3 dimensional space.
From here, recall what is given
"Billy is flying a kite at the park. The kite starts touching the spool of string it is attached to. As Billy runs, the spool of string unravels and the kite flies 20 feet in the air."
Recall that a translation is to move an object from its original position a certain distance without changing the object in any other way. Since the kit does not change size of shape but it does move a certain distance from where it originally started, this matches a translation.
Therefore, the correct answer is
"Translation"
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