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

axis. What is the orientation of the reflected figure? (1 point)
y
The orientation could be clockwise or counterclockwise depending on how you do the reflection.
There is not enough information to tell.
The reflected figure has a counterclockwise orientation.
The reflected figure has a clockwise orientation.

1 answer

When a triangle (or any shape) that has a counterclockwise orientation is reflected over the y-axis, the orientation of the shape will change to clockwise.

This is because the reflection over the y-axis reverses the order of the vertices. Therefore, following the reflection, the new orientation of the triangle will be clockwise.

So, the correct answer is: The reflected figure has a clockwise orientation.