MODULE3.

MATHEMATI
CALTRANSFORMATI
ONS

Subj
ect
:GEC1
04(
Mat
hemat
icsi
ntheModer
nWor
ld)

LessonTi
tl
e:Mat
hemat
ical
Transf
ormat
ions(
4.5hr
s.)

LessonObject
ives:
1.Toident
if
ymat hemati
calpatt
ernsandtransfor
mati
onsi
ngi
venfigur
esordesi
gns.
2.Toapplymathematicalpat
ternsandtr
ans f
ormati
onsi
nassi
gnedperfor
mancetasks.

Overview/
Introducti
on:
Mathematicalt
ransf
ormati
ondeal switht
heideaofmot i
onwhichageomet ri
cfi
gure
undergoesonapl ane.Thisl
essondiscussest
hedi
ff
erentt
ypesofmat
hemati
cal
transf
ormat
ions.

Act
ivi
ty:
Consi
derthet
woi
magesbel
ow:

A B

Anal
ysi
s:(
Ref
lect
ionquest
ions)

1.I
nimageA,adi
cei
sref
lect
edintwomirr
ors.Whatnumberscanbeseen?
2.I
nimageB,t
hebot
tom hal
fofsomesymmet r
ical
cal
cul
ati
onsares
hown.Canyouwor
koutt
he
answer
s?

Abst
ract
ion:

Mat hemat ical

transformat
ioni nvol
vesmovinganobj ectfrom i
tsor
igi
nal
posi
ti
ontoanew
posit
ion.Int heselessons ,wewi l
llearnthediff
erenttypesoftransfor
mati
oninMath:Ref
lect
ion,
Translat
ion,Rot at
ion,andGl ideReflecti
onSymmet ry.
Wes tartourdiscussionwit
ht hedefini
ti
onofsymmet ry.

Defi
nit
ion:Afi
gurehassymmetrywi
thr
espectt
oagi
venli
nei
fthef
igur
eononesi
deoft
heli
nei
s
ami r
rorimageoft heot . Thel
her i
neofsymmetrydi
vi
desthefi
gureint
o2congr
uent(
same
shapeandsize)par
ts.

Appl
i
cat
ion1

Dr
awtheli
ne(
s )ofsymmetr
ywhereeachfi
gurebel
owcanbef ol
ded.Somef i
gur
eshavemore
t
han one l
i
ne ofsymmet ry.Ident
if
y whet
herthe f
igur
e has hor
izont
alsymmetr
y,vert
ical
symmetr
y,r
otat
ionalsymmetr
yornos ymmet
ry.

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Appli
cati
on2
Det
erminethel
i
nesofsymmet
ryoft
hef
ir
st8capi
tal
let
ter
soft
heEngl
i
shal
phabet
.
A B C D EFG H

Fourt
ypesoft
ransf
ormat
ions:

A.Refl
ect
ion:A r
efl
ect
ionorafli
pisatransf
ormati
onwhichcreat
essymmet
ryonapl
ane.The
l
ineacr
osswhichyourefl
ectaf
igurei
scall
edthel
ineofr
efl
ect
ion.

Whenyouf
oldal
ongal
i
neofr
efl
ect
ion,t
heor
igi
nal
figur
eover
lapswi
thi
tsr
efl
ect
ion.

Noti
cet
hecoloredver
ti
cesforeachoft
hetri
angl
es. l
 The i
neofrefl
ect
ion 
isequidi
stant
fr
om bothredpoint
s,bluepoi
nts,andgreenpoi
nts.
 Inot
herwor ds,t
heli
neofr ef
lecti
oni s
di
rect
lyi
nthemiddl
eofbothpoint
s. 

B.Transl
aton: Tr
i ansl
ati
onisamovementdonebysli
dingaf i
gur
efr
om onepoi
ntt
oanot
her
aboutaplane.I
nthefi
gurebel
ow,t
hel
eftf
ooti
str
ansl
atedfor
ward.

I
na tr
anslati
ontr
ansformati
on 
allt
hepoi
ntsintheobjectaremovedinastr
aightl
inein
thesamedi r
ecti
on.Thesize,theshapeandtheori
entat
ionoftheimagearet
hesameast hatof
theorigi
nalobject.Sameor ient
ati
onmeansthattheobj ectandimagearefaci
ng thesame
dir
ecti
on.

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C.Rotat
ion:Arot
ationisat r
ansfor
mat
iont
hatturnsafi
gur
eaboutafi
xedpoi
ntcal
l hecent
edt er
ofr
otati
on.Afi
gurehasr otat
ionals
ymmetr
yifaft
erarot
ati
onof1
80°orles
s,i
tsi
magef
it
sexact
ly
ontopoftheori
ginalf
igure.

Thef i
gureshownbel owisarotat
ionof90°rot
atedaroundthecenterofrot
ati
on. Not
ice
t
hatal
lofthecolor
edl i
nesarethesamedi st
ancef
rom thecenterorrot
ati
onarefrom t
hepoint.
 
Al
soal
lthecolor
edlinesfor
m 90°angles.
 That'
swhatmakest herot
ati
onar ot
ati
onof90° .

Her
e'sanexampl
eofar
otat
ionof1
80°
:  

Fri
ezePatt
erns
Aninf
init
est
ri
pwi t
harepeati
ngpatt
erni
scall
eda f
ri
ezepat
ter
n,orsometmesa 
i border
pat
ter
n. Al
lfr
iezepat
ter t
nshave ransl
ati
onsymmet
ry.Ahori
zont
alf
ri
ezepat
ter
nlookst
hes ame

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whensl
i
dtot
hel
eftorr
ight
.

TheSevenFr
iezePat
ter
ns

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D.Gl
i
deRef
lect
ionSymmet
ry

Thepat
ter
nbel
owdi
spl
aysanot
herki
ndofsymmet
ry:

I
thast
het
rans
lat
ionsymmet
rycommont
oal
lfr
iezepat
ter
ns.However
,thesymmet
ry
bet
weent
hel
eftf
oot
pri
ntsandt
her
ightf
oot
pri
ntsdoesnotcomef
rom t
ransl
ati
on,nori
sitduet
o
ar
efl
ect
ionsi
ncet
hepr
int
sar
enotnextt
oeachot
her
.Inst
ead,acombi
nat
ionofat
ransl
ati
onand
ar
efl
ect
ioni
sneeded.Thi
scombi
nat
ioni
scal
l gl
ed  i
der
efl
ect
ion 
symmet
ry.

Wat
chvi
deoonmat
hemat
ical
transf
ormat
ionsher
e:
ht
tps:
//
www.
yout
ube.
com/
wat
ch?v=1
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KQpp3I
.

Appl
i
cat
ion:

I
dent
if
ythet
ypeoft
ransf
ormat
ionusedi
nthef
igur
esbel
ow.Di
scusswi
thyourgr
oup.

A. B.

Assessment
:

1
.Taket
hequi
zonmoodl
e.

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