Transformation is one of the few topics avoided by majority of both candidates and Teachers. They discourage each other to attempt any question that has elements tied to transformation.
However, the topic has been a regular in section B of the second paper and Zimsec has recently introduced part of the topic in Paper 1 and Section A of Paper 2. This has however made it necessary to at least appreciate its fundamentals even to those who will avoid it in the second paper
Pre-requests of the Topic:
- position vectors
- matrices operations
- knowledge of the Cartesian plane
- Congruence
- basic knowledge of plane shapes
Before attempting to study the topic, make sure you are good at the above topics. That way your life will be easy.
Elements of the Topic:
> congruence elements: Translation, Reflection and Rotation
These are the areas mainly tested in the first paper and section A of Paper 2. It's imperative to know the basic principles of these areas.
> further elements: Enlargement, Stretch and shear (stretch and shear is not part of Cambridge)
> Use of matrices and vector elements in calculations
In the next posts we will look at tricks and tips of all these areas.
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