Identify the three types of isometric transformations.

A.
reflection, rotation, translation
B.
reflection, rotation, dilation
C.
reflection, dilation, translation
D.
dilation, rotation, translation

Question

Identify the three types of isometric transformations.

A.
reflection, rotation, translation
B.
reflection, rotation, dilation
C.
reflection, dilation, translation
D.
dilation, rotation, translation

anonymous · Answer

The answer is those transformations which always preserve distances between points.

anonymous · Answer

A?

anonymous · Answer

Indeed. Reflection, by the way, is simply a rotation by pi radians in space which has one more dimension than the object you're reflecting whose axis of rotation lies on the same plane as the reflected object.