HiSET: Math : Measurement and Geometry

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Example Questions

Example Question #103 : Hi Set: High School Equivalency Test: Math

Translate the graph of the equation

left three units and down five units. Give the equation of the image.

Possible Answers:

None of the other choices gives the correct response.

Correct answer:

Explanation:

If the graph of an equation is translated to the right units, and upward  units, the equation of the image can be found by replacing  with  and  with  in the equation of the original graph. 

Since we are moving the graph of the equation

left three units and down five units, we set and ; we can therefore replace  with , or , and  with , or . The equation of the image can be written as

We can simplify the expression on the right by distributing:

Collect like terms:

Subtract 5 from both sides:

,

the correct equation of the image.

Example Question #104 : Hi Set: High School Equivalency Test: Math

On the coordinate plane, let and be located at and , respectively. Let be the midpoint of and let be the midpoint of . On the segment, perform the translation . Where is the image of located?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The midpoint of a segment with endpoints at  and is located at

Substitute the coordinates of  and  in this formula to find that midpoint of is located at

, or .

Substitute the coordinates of and to find that midpoint of is located at

, or .

To perform the translation , or, equivalently,

,

on a point, it is necessary to add

to its -coordinate, and

to its -coordinate.

Therefore, the -coordinate of the image of  under this translation is

;

its -coordinate is

The image of is located at .

 

 

Example Question #2 : Translations

Consider regular Hexagon .

On this hexagon, perform the translation . Then reflect the hexagon about . Let  be the image of  under these transformations, and so forth.

Which point on Hexagon  is the image of  under these transformations?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The translation  on a figure is the translation that shifts a figure so that the image of , which we will call , coincides with . All other points shift the same distance in the same direction. Below shows the image of the given hexagon under this translation, with the image of  marked as :

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If the image is reflected about , the new image is the original hexagon. Calling  the image of  under this reflection, we get the following:

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, the image of  under these two transformations, coincides with .

Example Question #7 : Translations

Consider regular Hexagon .

On this hexagon, perform the translation . Then perform a  rotation on the image with center at . Let  be the image of  under these transformations, and so forth.

Which of the following correctly shows Hexagon  relative to Hexagon ?

Possible Answers:

Hexagons

Hexagons

Hexagons

Hexagons

Hexagons

Correct answer:

Hexagons

Explanation:

The translation  on a figure is the translation that shifts a figure so that the image of , which we will call , coincides with . All other points shift the same distance in the same direction. Below shows the image of the given hexagon under this translation:

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If this new hexagon is rotated clockwise  - one third of a turn - about , and call  the image of , and so forth, the result is as follows:

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Removing the intermediate markings, we see that the correct response is 

Hexagons

Example Question #111 : Hi Set: High School Equivalency Test: Math

Consider regular Hexagon .

On this hexagon, perform the translation . Then perform a  rotation on the image with center at 

Let  be the image of  under these transformations,  be the image of , and so forth. Under these images, which point on the original hexagon does  fall?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The translation  on a figure is the translation that shifts a figure so that the image of  coincides with . All other points shift the same distance in the same direction. Below shows the image of the given hexagon under this translation, with  the image of :

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If this new hexagon is rotated  - one half of a turn - about  - the image is the original hexagon, but the vertices can be relabeled. Letting  be the image of  under this rotation, and so forth:

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 coincides with  in the original hexagon, making  the correct response.

Example Question #1 : Translations

On the coordinate plane, let , , and be located at the origin, , and . Construct the median of  from and let the foot of the median be . On the triangle, perform the translation . Where is the image of ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

By definition, a median of a triangle has as its endpoints one vertex and the midpoint of the opposite side. Therefore, the endpoints of the median from are itself, which is at , and , which itself is the midpoint of the side with origin  and , which is , as its endpoints.

The midpoint of a segment with endpoints at  and is located at

,

so, substituting the coordinates of and in the formula, we see that is

, or .

See the figure below:

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To perform the translation , or, equivalently,

,

on a point, it is necessary to add

and

to the - and - coordinates, respectively. Therefore, the image of  is located at 

,

or

.

Example Question #51 : Measurement And Geometry

Consider regular Hexagon .

On this hexagon, perform the translation . Then perform a  clockwise rotation on the image with center at 

Let  be the image of  under these transformations,  be the image of , and so forth. Under these images, which point on the original hexagon does  fall?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The translation  on a figure is the translation that shifts a figure so that the image of  coincides with . All other points shift the same distance in the same direction. Below shows the image of the given hexagon under this translation, with the image of  marked as :

1

If this new hexagon is rotated clockwise  - one third of a turn - about  - the image is the original hexagon, but the vertices can be relabeled. Letting  be the image of  under this rotation, and so forth:

1

 coincides with  in the original hexagon, making  the correct response.

Example Question #1 : Rotations

What is the result of rotating the point  about the origin in the plane by ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Rotating a point 

geometrically in the plane about the origin  is equivalent to negating the coordinates of the point algebraically to obtain

.

Thus, since our initial point was

we negate both coordinates to get

as the rotation about the origin by .

Example Question #114 : Hi Set: High School Equivalency Test: Math

Nonagons

Examine the figures in the above diagram. Figure 2 is the result of performing which of the following transformations on Figure 1?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The diagram below superimposes the two figures:

Nonagons

The transformation moves the black diagonal to the position of the red diagonal, and, consequently, points  and  to points  and , respectively. This constitutes two-tenths of a complete turn clockwise, or a clockwise rotation of 

Example Question #1 : Rotations

Question mark

Rotate the above figure  counterclockwise. Which figure is the result?

Possible Answers:

Question mark

Question mark

None of the other choices gives the correct result.

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Question mark

Correct answer:

Question mark

Explanation:

A counterclockwise rotation of  is  ofa complete rotation. Observe the following diagram:

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In the right figure, the question mark has been turned one-eighth of a complete turn counterclockwise. This is the correct orientation.

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