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Shear mapping

math Maturity 11-13

You can tilt a shape.

VerticalShear m=1.25 (blue and red).svg
VerticalShear m=1.25 (blue and red).svg
It looks like it is sliding. A square can become a tilt. The size stays the same. It just looks different. Can you see the tilt?
SVG skewX.svg
SVG skewX.svg

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File:VerticalShear m=1.25 (blue and red).svg
VerticalShear m=1.25 (blue and red).svg
File:Laminar_shear.svg
Laminar_shear.svg
File:SVG skewX.svg
SVG skewX.svg
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📚 Content adapted from Wikipedia | Readability: FK 12.7 | Vital Level 5