Geometry

7.5 Glide Reflections and

Compositions

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Goals
 Identify glide reflections in the plane.
 Represent transformations as
compositions of simpler
transformations.

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 Glide Reflection
 A glide reflection is a transformation
where a translation (the glide) is
followed by a reflection.

Line of Reflection

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Glide Reflection
1. A translation maps P onto P’.
2. A reflection in a line k parallel to the
direction of the translation maps P’ to
P’’.
1 2
Line of Reflection
3

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Example

Find the image of ABC after a glide

reflection.
A(-4, 2), B(-2, 5), C(1, 3)
Translation: (x, y)  (x + 7, y)
Reflection: in the x-axis

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 Find the image of ABC after a glide
reflection.
A(-4, 2), B(-2, 5), C(1, 3)
Translation: (x, y)  (x + 7, y)
Reflection: in the x-axis
(-2, 5)

(1, 3)
(-4, 2)

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 Find the image of ABC after a glide
reflection.
A(-4, 2), B(-2, 5), C(1, 3)
Translation: (x, y)  (x + 7, y)
Reflection: in the x-axis
(5, 5)
(-2, 5)

(1, 3) (8, 3)
(-4, 2) (3, 2)

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 Find the image of ABC after a glide
reflection.
A(-4, 2), B(-2, 5), C(1, 3)
Translation: (x, y)  (x + 7, y)
Reflection: in the x-axis
(5, 5)
(-2, 5)

(1, 3) (8, 3)
(-4, 2) (3, 2)

(3, -2)
(8, -3)

(5, -5)
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 Find the image of ABC after a glide
reflection.
A(-4, 2), B(-2, 5), C(1, 3)
Translation: (x, y)  (x + 7, y)
Reflection: in the x-axis
(5, 5)
(-2, 5)
Glide
(1, 3) (8, 3) Reflection
(-4, 2) (3, 2)

(3, -2)
(8, -3)

(5, -5)
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 You do it.
 Locate these four points:
 M(-6, -6)
 N(-5, -2)
 O(-2, -1)
 P(-3, -5) O
N
 Draw MNOP

P
M
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 You do it.
 Translate by 0, 7.

O
N

P
M
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 You do it.
 Translate by 0, 7.
O’
N’

P’
M’
O
N

P
M
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 You do it.
 Reflect over y-axis.
O’ O’’
N’ N’’

P’ P’’ M’’
M’
O
N

P
M
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Compositions
 A composition is a transformation that
consists of two or more transformations
performed one after the other.

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 Composition Example

1. Reflect AB in A A’
the y-axis.
2. Reflect A’B’ in B B’
the x-axis. B’’

A’’

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 Try it in a different order.

1. Reflect AB in A
the x-axis.
2. Reflect A’B’ in B
the y-axis. B’ B’’

A’ A’’

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The order doesn’t matter.

A A’

B B’
B’ B’’

A’ A’’

This composition is commutative.

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Commutative Property
 a+b=b+a
 25 + 5 = 5 + 25
 ab = ba
 4  25 = 25  4
 Reflect in y, reflect in x is equivalent to
reflect in x, reflect in y.

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 Are all compositions
commutative?

R R’
Rotate RS 90 CW.
Reflect R’S’ in x-axis. S S’
S’’

R’’

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 Reverse the order.

Reflect RS in the x-axis. R R’’

Rotate R’S’ 90 CW. S S’’

S’

R’

All compositions are NOT commutative. Order matters!

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Compositions & Isometries
 If each transformation in a composition
is an isometry, then the composition is
an isometry.
 A Glide Reflection is an isometry.

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 Example

Reflect MN in the line y = 1. N

M
Translate using vector 3, -2.
Now reverse the order:
Translate MN using 3, -2.
Reflect in the line y = 1.

Both compositions are isometries, but the composition

is not commutative.
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Summary
 A Glide-Reflection is a composition of a
translation followed by a reflection.
 Some compositions are commutative,
but not all.

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Homework

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