Stacy was sitting in a seat at a football game when another ticket holder told her she was in the wrong seat. The other ticket told her to go 3 rows down and 5 seats to the right. What rule describes the translation needed to put stacy in the correct seat? I think its (x,y) - (x-3, y+5). Is this correct?

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Stacy was sitting in a seat at a football game when another ticket holder told her she was in the wrong seat. The other ticket told her to go 3 rows down and 5 seats to the right. What rule describes the translation needed to put stacy in the correct seat? I think its (x,y) -> (x-3, y+5). Is this correct?

anonymous · Answer

No. X is left/right, Y is up/down.

ashleyisakitty · Answer

so its (x,y) -> (x+5, y-3)?

shamil98 · Answer

yes.

anonymous · Answer

Assuming the bleachers are aligned to correspond with the cartesian coordinate system. But it's probably safe to assume they are. So yes.

shamil98 · Answer

so many people o.o

anonymous · Answer

partayyy lol

zale101 · Answer

that's because we love ashley:)

ashleyisakitty · Answer

:3

hartnn · Answer

right horizontal movement by 'a'  >>>> x ->x-a 
-_-

shamil98 · Answer

i thought that was only true for graphing o.o

hartnn · Answer

thats general translating rule.

hartnn · Answer

oh, but here we're not graphing, ok.
so thats corrct, my bad

shamil98 · Answer

yeah lol.

anonymous · Answer

Ok. I was really confused.