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Exercises: Congruence Through Sequences of Rigid Motions

Work through each section in order. When you describe a sequence of rigid motions, name each transformation in order and give its parameters: direction and distance for a translation, the line of reflection for a reflection, and the center and angle (with direction) for a rotation. Two figures are congruent only when a sequence of rigid motions maps one exactly onto the other.

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Fluency Practice

For each pair of congruent figures, describe a sequence of rigid motions that maps the first onto the second. Name each transformation in order, with its parameters.

$A coordinate grid showing triangle ABC on the right of the y-axis and its mirror-image dashed triangle DEF on the left.$

Triangle $ABC$ has vertices $A(1, 1)$ , $B(4, 1)$ , $C(2, 4)$ . Triangle $DEF$ has vertices $D(-1, 1)$ , $E(-4, 1)$ , $F(-2, 4)$ . Describe a single rigid motion that maps $ABC$ onto $DEF$ .