Question

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

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 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.

Answer 1

The reflected figure has a clockwise orientation.

Reason: A reflection reverses orientation (its linear part has determinant −1), so a counterclockwise triangle becomes clockwise after reflecting across the y-axis.