Jack discovers that the orientation of a triangle is counterclockwise. He then reflects the triangle over the y

-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.

The reflected figure has a clockwise orientation.
The reflected figure has a clockwise orientation.

There is not enough information to tell.

1 answer

When a triangle is reflected over the y-axis, the orientation of the figure reverses. Since the original triangle has a counterclockwise orientation, the reflected triangle will have a clockwise orientation.

So, the correct response is:

The reflected figure has a clockwise orientation.