The vertices of a triangle are first translated by and then each coordinate is…

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Problem

The vertices of a triangle are first translated by

(4,-1)

and then each coordinate is multiplied by

2

in the

x

-direction and

3

in the

y

-direction. If the original area is

5

square units, what is the area (in square units) of the final image? (a)

25

(b)

30

(c)

10

(d)

15