Explore some characteristics of translations by following these steps.

✓ 1. Translate △DEF by dragging it to the right.

✓ 2. Line segments connect corresponding vertices of the pre-image and image. Drag △D'E'F' again to see the segment lengths.

✓ 3. What can you observe about the segments that connect corresponding vertices? All segments are the same length. Segment DD' is longer. Segment EE' is longer.

✓ 4. Drag FF' to the other segments to see if they are parallel.

✓ 5. Are the segments that connect corresponding vertices parallel? Yes, they are parallel. No, they are not parallel.