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<math>\textbf{(E)}</math> reflection about the <math>y</math>-axis. | <math>\textbf{(E)}</math> reflection about the <math>y</math>-axis. | ||
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+ | Consider a point <math>(x, y)</math>. Reflecting it about the <math>x</math>-axis will map it to <math>(x, -y)</math>, and rotating it counterclockwise about the origin b <math>90^{\circ}</math> will map it to <math>(y, x)</math>. The operation that undoes this is reflection about the line <math>y = x</math>, so the answer is <math>\boxed{\textbf{(D)}}</math>. | ||
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+ | ==See Also== | ||
+ | {{AMC10 box|year=2016|ab=A|num-b=15|num-a=17}} | ||
+ | {{MAA Notice}} |
Revision as of 22:49, 3 February 2016
A triangle with vertices ,
, and
is reflected about the
-axis, then the image
is rotated counterclockwise about the origin by
to produce
. Which of the following transformations will return
to
?
counterclockwise rotation about the origin by
.
clockwise rotation about the origin by
.
reflection about the
-axis
reflection about the line
reflection about the
-axis.
Solution
Consider a point . Reflecting it about the
-axis will map it to
, and rotating it counterclockwise about the origin b
will map it to
. The operation that undoes this is reflection about the line
, so the answer is
.
See Also
2016 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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Followed by Problem 17 | |
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