Using GSP to Explore Combined Transformation

1. Pararef (Reflection in parallel mirrors)

i. Pararef 1

a) What do you notice about the way triangle 3 moves?

Same direction as triangle 1 moves.

b) What type of transformation will take triangle 1 straight to triangle 3?

Translation

ii. Pararef 2

a) What do you notice about the distance between the mirrors and the distance
PQ?
The distance between PQ is longer than the distance between the mirrors.

b) Test your ideas by moving one of the mirrors and repeating this process.
The distance between mirrors will change but no effect to the distance
between PQ.
iii. Pararef 3

a) What is the difference between the translations which take the triangle 1 to
triangle 3 and 5?
Triangle1 translate left to triangle 5, but translate right to triangle 3.

b) What difference does it make, doing the reflections opposite ways round?
___________________________________________________________

2. Tworef (Reflections in two intersecting mirrors)

i. Tworef 1

a) Move triangle 1, what do you notice about the way triangle 3 moves? What
happens to angle PAR?
_____________________________________________________________
b) What type of transformation will take the triangle 1 straight to triangle 3?
_____________________________________________________________
c) Move one of the mirror lines, how does this seem to affect the angle PAR?
_____________________________________________________________
 ii. Tworef 2
Describe fully the rotation
which takes triangle 1 straight
to triangle 3.
________________________
________________________
________________________
________________________

iii. Tworef 3
a) What difference does it make
to the final result, doing the
reflections in the opposite
order?
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
b) Move point C until triangle 3
and 5 coincide. What is the
angle ABC? Explain.
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
3. Refrot (Reflection followed by rotation)
i. Refrot 1
Move triangle 1 around until you
can say what type of transformation
will take it straight to triangle 3.
_____________________________
_____________________________
_____________________________

ii. Refrot 2
a) Move point C so that triangle 4
lies exactly over triangle 3.
What do you notice abt angles
BAC and PAQ?
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
b) Describe fully the single
transformation that will take
triangle 1 straight to triangle 3.
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
iii. Refrot 3

a) What difference does it make, doing the reflection and the rotation opposite
ways round?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________

b) What must angle FGH be so that triangle 5 lies exactly on top of triangle 3?
Explain.
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________