On the Directed Line Segment?

Partitions occur on line segments that are referred to as directed segments. A directed segment is a segment that has distance (length) and direction. It is important to understand that a directed segment has a "starting point" referred to as the "initial point".

What is a directed line segment?

Directed Line SegmentA directed line segment is a portion of a line that has both a magnitude and direction. MagnitudeThe magnitude of a line segment or vector is the length of the line segment or vector. VectorA vector is a mathematical quantity that has both a magnitude and a direction.

How do you translate a directed line segment?

A translation is defined using a directed line segment. It takes a point to another point so that the directed line segment from the original point to the image is parallel to the given line segment and has the same length and direction.

Alexander Ross

Alexander Ross

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