The endpoints of a segment are (4, 2) and (–2, 2). what are the endpoints of the segment after it has been translated 6 units down?

a.

(4, –4), (–2, –4)
b.

(4, –4), (–2, 2)
c.

(4, 6), (–2, 6)
d.

(4, 8), (–2, 8)

We are to look for the endpoints of the line segment when brought down six units from its original position. So we are going to focus on the y-coordinates only. What we are going to do is we are just going to subtract 6 units to the y-coordinates to both the given endpoints. From (4,2) minus 6 units to its y-coordinate, will be (4, -4). And to the (-2,2) its value after will be (-2, -4). So the answer will be A