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Ivy Stanford
6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to Ivy Stanford's post “What can I do to relate t...”
What can I do to relate to this in my life
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- sebastiansharma1
  4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to sebastiansharma1's post “Moving. Anything. If you...”
  Moving. Anything.
  If you walk to your door, you're technically translating yourself from where you are to the door, whilst it's in 3D you can still think of walking maybe North 1 meter and West 3 meters, or you could be walking to the store, you go from your house to the store a certain distance one way, then more distance another way which will end up with you in the position of the store. Anytime something moves from one point to another, that's a translation
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113855
4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to 113855's post “im confused when it doesn...”
im confused when it doesnt tell you to expand the circle
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- Naomi
  4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Naomi's post “its bc the website probab...”
  its bc the website probably glitched out or they just forgot to make the circle the size it was supposed to be
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jrea935190
3 years agoPosted 3 years ago. Direct link to jrea935190's post “How is this going to help...”
How is this going to help me get a job
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- Seven Turner
  a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to Seven Turner's post “Engineering”
  Engineering
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Sahil Sheik
5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to Sahil Sheik's post “For challenge question 2,...”
For challenge question 2, how come it isn't the first answer?
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- Sheila Nordlund
  4 years agoPosted 4 years ago. Direct link to Sheila Nordlund's post “Because if you moved it (...”
  Because if you moved it (1,4), it would end C" would end up 2 spaces to the right, as a movement of (1,4) from point C means the same thing as moving point C 1 space to the right, and four spaces up. The correct answer, answer c, moves point C (-1,4)- 1 space to the left (-1), and 4 spaces up (4). Hope this helps.
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Layla L
a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to Layla L's post “Yall I'm just here so i c...”
Yall I'm just here so i can pass finals so can you cut the nonsense and ask helpfull questions
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Translation vs. Transcription: What’s the Difference?
Алекс Уоррен
a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to Алекс Уоррен's post “what will I use this for ...”
what will I use this for ?
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- X
  a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to X's post “to do epic nuke moment”
  to do epic nuke moment
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Aidan C.
5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to Aidan C.'s post “What are the types of tra...”
What are the types of translations? Other than left and right and up and down.
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- Aiena
  5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to Aiena's post “Hi Aidan,Translations c...”
  Hi Aidan,
  Translations can make an object move only left, only right, only up, only down or a combination of them, such as left & up, left & down.
  I hope this helps.
  Aiena.
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sawhal0275
5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to sawhal0275's post “Why is translation, rotat...”
Why is translation, rotation, and reflection needed in real life.
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- OliviaG
  a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to OliviaG's post “Engineering”
  Engineering
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Iqra Nadeem
a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to Iqra Nadeem's post “How is it -1, 4. It's mov...”
How is it -1, 4. It's moving to the right once and moving down 4. Shouldn't the transformation be 1, -4?
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- David Severin
  a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to David Severin's post “It is a challenge problem...”
  It is a challenge problem because you are moving from C to C', you show movement from C' to C. The prime is always the image, and the non-prime is the preimage.
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elwatters
7 months agoPosted 7 months ago. Direct link to elwatters's post “This is confusingHow do ...”
This is confusing
How do you do I mess up every question
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- Sophia
  7 months agoPosted 7 months ago. Direct link to Sophia's post “I don't know. try your be...”
  I don't know. try your best. I think you can do it!
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