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Identifying and Combining Transformations

Learn to name a transformation from a description: a flip is a reflection, a turn is a rotation, and a same-direction shift for every point is a translation.

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Three ways to move a shape

You've now learned three transformations — reflections, rotations, and translations. Given a plain-language description of how a shape moved, you can name which one it is.