Working with
Compositions and Glide Reflections
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Answer the following questions dealing with compositions and
glide reflections.

1. Does this graphic illustrate a glide reflection?
          
 
Yes
No

 

 

2.

Orientation is preserved under a glide reflection.

True
False


 

 

3.

Write a rule for the composition of a dilation of scale factor 3 following a translation of 2 units to the right.

Choose:

 

 

 

4.

 

 

Examine the graph at the left.  Is triangle A"B"C" a glide reflection of triangle ABC?

Yes
No

 
 

 

5.
Does this paw print illustration depict a glide reflection?

Yes
No

 


Grab your Graph Paper!! 
 

 
6.


Given triangle BUG:

B(1,1), U(1,5), G(6,1)

Graph and label the following composition:

What single transformation accomplishes these same transformations?

Answer

 

 

7.


Given triangle ABC:
A(1,4), B(3,7), C(5,1)

Graph and label the following composition:

Answer