Demonstrating the properties of rotations, if a line segment with endpoints (0,−3)

and (0,−7)
is rotated 90°
clockwise, what is an endpoint of this rotated segment

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To rotate a point \( (x, y) \) 90 degrees clockwise around the origin, you can apply the following transformation:

\[ (x, y) \rightarrow (y, -x) \]

Let's apply this transformation to each endpoint of the line segment.

First endpoint: \( (0, -3) \)

  1. Apply the transformation:

\[ (0, -3) \rightarrow (-3, 0) \]

Second endpoint: \( (0, -7) \)

  1. Apply the transformation:

\[ (0, -7) \rightarrow (-7, 0) \]

Thus, after rotating the line segment with endpoints \( (0, -3) \) and \( (0, -7) \) 90 degrees clockwise, the new endpoints are \( (-3, 0) \) and \( (-7, 0) \).

Therefore, one of the endpoints of the rotated segment is:

\[ (-3, 0) \]

Another endpoint after rotation is:

\[ (-7, 0) \]

So, one possible endpoint of the segment after rotation is \( (-3, 0) \).

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