Rotation about a Point with Protractor

Learn how to rotate a figure about a point using a protractor and a compass. We go through an example of rotating a triangle 120 degrees counterclockwise about a point P in this video math tutorial by Mario's Math Tutoring.

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0:17 Start by drawing lines from center of rotation to each vertex
0:50 Use Protractor to draw a line through 120 degrees
1:20 Use compass to measure congruent distances from center
1:37 Repeat process with each vertex

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[吐司Toast-vb]

Hi, Mario. I am actually from Taiwan. I just want to mention that you teach so well. Clear explanation and easy but helpful questions. Hope you can make more informative videos. thumbs up.

[FnLKS]

My math quiz is about rotation with different points of rotation in graph paper and I'm reviewing with this video. I was getting confused with what my teacher was showing, but after watching this video, I understand this topic better. Thanks for saving me Mario 😂

[Sprite]

thanks so much for the vid, my teacher is very bad at explaining these things, so it’s nice to find a simple and easy video on how to rotate images

[martin]

you literaly saved my life I have test tomorow😁

[erlindaparris]

Thank you, you saved my night with my kid's homework.

[meefsteak]

this helped me so much! im re doing geo work that i got wrong because i didn’t know how to use a protractor and this helped

[Dannill_YT]

Thank u random man for teaching me rotation.

[gamer_yes]

Hey dude, thanks for the help! I have a math quiz tomorrow and I didn't understand to do this, until I watched your video!

[annedjabre]

Thanks so much!!! This helped me a ton.

[lilycaseylily]

So if i am going counterclockwise do i use the numbers on the inside or outside of my protractor

[reffman]

Is it weird that I watch these before I go to bed?

[Ricefarmer_]

Can’t practice it without a protractor so hopeful I can pull it off on the quiz

[.tyler]

Thanks
Math still confuses me
But not as much