Translation Animation

Translation Animation
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2015-10-20 23:30
This example demonstrates the animation of translation transformations for various shapes like prisms, kites, unit circles, step functions, and rhombuses under vector guidance. It involves core math concepts such as translation, vectors, polygons, and coordinate geometry. Key GeoGebra commands used include Vector, Polygon, Translate, and Sequence. Suitable for high school mathematics teaching to understand geometric transformations and vector applications.

GeoGebra Commands & Parameters

  1. Vector(A, B) → u
  2. Polygon(C, D, E) → poly1, e, c, d
  3. Translate(C, u) → C'
  4. Translate(D, u) → D'
  5. Translate(E, u) → E'
  6. Polygon(C', D', E') → poly1', e', c', d'
  7. Sequence(Polygon[Translate[C, Vector[(k * u)]], Translate[D, Vector[(k * u)]], Translate[E, Vector[(k * u)]]], k, 1, n) → list1
  8. Vector(F, G) → v
  9. Sequence(Translate[list1, Vector[(j * v)]], j, 1, n) → list2