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Move the yellow quadrilateral and the red point.

Click all the statements below that are true.

The two shapes are identical
A "half turn" is shown
The red point is at the centre of the rotation

Result:
Please enable Java for an interactive construction (with Cinderella).
Move the points so that the blue shape fits exactly over the yellow one. What kinds of shapes do you get?
a0 a1 a2 a3 a4
b0 b1 b2 you are here b4
c0 c1 c2 c3 c4
d0 d1 d2 d3 d4
e0 e1 e2 e3 e4
f0 f1 f2 f3 f4
g0 g1 g2 g3 g4
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