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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

What is the rule for reflecting a geometric shape in the x-axis? In the y-axis?

State your answer in the form (x, y)-->( ?, ?).

4 comments:

  1. In x axis the y changes into its opposite and in the y axis the x changes into its opposite to

    (x,y)-->(x,-y) in x axis
    (x,y)-->(-x,y) in y axis

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  2. For reflecting a geometric shape in the x-axis you change the y to it's opposite. When reflecting in the y-axis you change the x to it's opposite . For exampe ,
    ( x , y ) - - > ( - x , y )
    ( x , y ) - - > ( x , - y )

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  3. when reflecting of the x axis, the y value becomes negative
    (x, y) -> (x, -y)
    when reflecting of the y axis, the x value becomes negative
    (x, y) -> (-x, y)

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  4. reflecting in the y axis the x becomes negative and when reflecting in the x axis the y value becomes negative
    (x,y)->(-x,y)
    (x,y)=>(x,-y)

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