Triangle 1 undergoes four different transformations. The results of these transformations are shown. Which statement best describes one of these transformations? Triangle 1 is rotated to result in triangle 2. Triangle 1 is dilated to result in triangle 3. Triangle 1 is reflected to result in triangle 4. Triangle 1 is stretched to result in triangle 5.
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Option 1.
Triangle 1 is rotated to result in triangle 2.
Answer:
1. Triangle 1 is rotated to result in triangle 2. This statement is incorrect because here it is not clearly mentioned about whether the rotation is in clockwise or anticlockwise direction moreover it can’t be assumed that both the base and the height sides of the triangles must be equal in length, if that is the case, then statement with anticlockwise rotation might be the correct answer.
2. Triangle 1 is dilated to result in triangle 3. The meaning for the word dilate is ‘to become wide’, as it can be clearly seen that triangle 3 is smaller than triangle 1, the statement can’t be true.
3. Triangle 1 is reflected to result in triangle 4. Here it is reasonable to say that both triangles 1 and 4 are similar but reflecting triangle 1 would actually give us triangle 2 and not triangle 4.
4. Triangle 1 is stretched to result in triangle 5. This the most relevant/correct statement out of the 4 given statements because stretching the sides of triangle 1 would actually result in larger triangle similar to triangle 5.