Given a point (1, 2)

Question

on a geometric figure, what is the new point when the figure is rotated clockwise about the origin 180 degrees?

Answer 1

To rotate a point \((x, y)\) about the origin by 180 degrees clockwise, you can use the following transformation:

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

Applying this transformation to the point \((1, 2)\):

\[ (1, 2) \to (-1, -2) \]

Therefore, after rotating the point \((1, 2)\) 180 degrees clockwise about the origin, the new point is \((-1, -2)\).