Geometry Guide: Understanding Rotation
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ScribdTranslationsEL ARRAYÁN HIGH SCHOOL
PEDAGOGICAL TECHNICAL UNIT Guía Nº4 de Geometría
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
Professor: Alan Carrasco C. Theme: Rotation
Name: _________________________________________________________
Course: 1st ____ Date: ____ / ____ / 2015
Objective:
Capacity: Understand, Apply, and Solve.
. Understanding the concept of Rotation
. Apply the properties of a rotation to figures and points in the Cartesian plane.
. Determine rotations in everyday situations.
ROTATION
Rotation is an isometric transformation in the plane that consists of TURNING ALL
THE POINTS of a figure around a fixed point O called CENTER OF ROTATION, in
an angular measure called ANGLE OF ROTATION, such that each point rotates following a
arc of a circumference that has its center O and an angle .
If the rotation angle is positive, the rotation is counterclockwise.
(to the left of the original figure) and if the ROTATION ANGLE IS NEGATIVE, the
The rotation is done in a clockwise direction (to the right of the original figure).
Negative Rotation Positive Rotation
In a rotation, the corresponding vertices are equidistant from the center of rotation.
the measures of the angles and sides are preserved.
Activity No. 1:
Instructions: Rotate each of the following figures around its
Vertex A. Mark each rotation with a different color.
a) Rotate the segment AB in the following way: rotation (A, 60°); rotation (A, -45°).
b) Perform a rotation of each of the following figures at 45º, 90º, and 180º.
Positives around its vertex A. Mark each rotation with a different color.
c) Perform a rotation of each of the following figures at -45º, -120º, and -210º
Positive around its vertex A. Mark each rotation with a different color.
d) Identify how many degrees each of the following figures was rotated and in which
sense.
ROTATION IN THE CARTESIAN PLANE
Actividad Nº2:
Instructions: In a Cartesian plane, draw the polygon ABCD whose vertices are:
A(2,3) ; B(3,2) ; C(5,3) ; D(3,5)
It will be denoted by R (H, the rotation of the plane with the center of rotation at point H in a
rotation angle It is also referred to as a rotation centered at H by an angle .
Draw the image of polygon ABCD in each case using different colors for each.
image or polygon obtained.
. Apply R(O, 90°) to the polygon ABCD. That is, rotate the polygon ABCD by applying the
rotation centered at the origin O at an angle of 90º. Draw the resulting polygon.
. Apply R(O, 180°) to polygon ABCD. Draw the obtained polygon.
. Apply R(O, 270°) to the polygon ABCD. Draw the resulting polygon.
. Apply R(O, 360°) to the polygon ABCD. Draw the obtained polygon.
Complete the following:
. When rotating the polygon ABCD around the origin by an angle of 90º, the result is the
figure A'B'C'D' whose vertices are:
A(2,1), Image of A: A’( , ) B( 8,2), Imagen de B: B’ ( , )
C( 12,11), Image of C: C' ( , ) D(5,5), Image of D: D’( , )
. By rotating the polygon ABCD with respect to the origin at an angle of 180º, we obtain the
figure A''B''C''D'' whose vertices are:
A( 2,1),Imagen de A: A’ ( , ) B( 8,2), Imagen de B: B’ ( , )
C( 12,11), Imagen de C: C’ ( , ) D(5,5), Image of D: D’( , )
Activity No. 3:
Instructions: Draw the image of polygon ABCD in each case using colors
different for each image or polygon obtained.
. Apply R(O, -90°) to the polygon ABCD. Draw the resulting polygon.
. Apply R(O, -180°) to polygon ABCD. Draw the obtained polygon.
. Apply R(O, -270°) to the polygon ABCD. Draw the obtained polygon.
. Apply R(O, -360°) to the polygon ABCD. Draw the obtained polygon.
Then, complete the following table.
Vertices of
R(0,-90º) R(0,-180°) R(0,-270°) R(0,-360 degrees)
Polygon
A(2,3)
B(3,2)
C(5,3)
D(3,5)
What can we conclude about counterclockwise and clockwise rotations?
DON'T FORGET THAT:
. To rotate a point P(x, y) in the Cartesian plane with respect to the origin and a
rotation angle , the image point is obtained using the following
expressions:
Positive Rotation Negative Rotation