True or false: translations can be written using ordered-pair notation.
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Yes translations are when you move a shape in a plane. To be a translation you must move all points in the same direction and the same distance so you could write something like 

(x, y) = (x + 10, y + 20) this would say all x components become "x + 10" and all y components become "y + 20"

side length = 12

Explanation

let x be the original area

Thus x - 59 = 85

=> x = 85 + 59
x = 144

Since we know the original shape is a square and Area of a square = side x side.

Find side length:

A = a^2

But A = 144

144 = a^2
12 = a

So the side of the square b4 it was cut is 12 cm