-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.
The reflected figure has a clockwise orientation.
1 answer
When a triangle (or any polygon) is reflected over the y-axis, the orientation of the triangle will change.
If the original triangle has a counterclockwise orientation, reflecting it over the y-axis will change the order of the vertices and result in a clockwise orientation for the reflected triangle.
Therefore, the correct response would be:
The reflected figure has a clockwise orientation.
