7. Compositions of Transformations
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First perform the translation and then the reflection.
Let's begin by drawing â–ł CDE that has vertices C(-5, -1), D(-2, -5), and E(-1, -1).
To translate △ CDE along vector ⟨ 4, 0 ⟩, we have to add 4 to each x-coordinate. (x,y) → (x+4,y) Let's draw the triangle obtained by the translation.
To complete the reflection, we have to move all of the vertices of â–ł C'D'E' to the opposite side of the x-axis in a way such that the distance from the vertices to the x-axis remains the same.
The final glide reflection is the combined translation and reflection.