-axis. What is the orientation of the reflected figure?(1 point)
Responses
The orientation could be clockwise or counterclockwise depending on how you do the reflection.
The orientation could be clockwise or counterclockwise depending on how you do the reflection.
The reflected figure has a counterclockwise orientation.
The reflected figure has a counterclockwise orientation.
There is not enough information to tell.
There is not enough information to tell.
The reflected figure has a clockwise orientation.
1 answer
When a triangle is reflected over the y-axis, the orientation of the points in the triangle also changes direction.
For a triangle that initially has a counterclockwise orientation, reflecting it over the y-axis will result in a clockwise orientation. This is because the order of the vertices, and thus their orientation, is reversed in the reflection.
Therefore, the correct response is:
The reflected figure has a clockwise orientation.
