Glide Reflections

and Compositions
Vocabulary
 Glide Reflection – a transformation that
combines a translation and a reflection
 as long as the line of reflection is parallel to the
direction of the translation, it does not matter
whether you glide first and then reflect, or reflect
first then glide
 8 up
2 6 7 6 7 2

-2 6 -7 6 -7 2
Translation: (x,y)(x+4, y)
Reflection: in the x-axis

2
P'' (8, 2)

5 10 15 20

-2
(4, -2) P P' (8, -2)

-4

-6

-8
Translation: (x,y)(x, y-6)
Reflection: in the y-axis
6

-10 -5 5 10

-2
P (4, -2)

-4

-6

-8
(-4, -8) P'' P' (4, -8)

-10
Vocabulary
 Composition – two or more transformations
are combined to produce a single
transformation
 2 4 5 2

2 -4 5 -2
Does the order in which the transformations
are completed affect the final image?
5
B''

Reflection: in x-axis
4 C
C''
Rotation: 90º clockwise
3
about P
2
B A''

1
A

-2 2 4 6 8 10 12

-1
A'
A'
-2
B' A''

-3

mC'PC'' = 90.00 C'

-4

mAPA' = 90.00 C' C''

-5
B'
P B''
 180

x+6 y+1
A’(6 , -3) A’’(3 , 6) A’(-6 , 3) A’’(-6, -3)
Translation: x,y)(x+7, y) Reflection: in the x-axis
Rotation: 180° clockwise Reflection: in the line x=6
about the origin