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 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.

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.

The reflected figure has a counterclockwise orientation.

Answer 1

The reflected figure has a clockwise orientation.

Reason: reflection across the y-axis reverses orientation (its transformation matrix has determinant −1), so a counterclockwise triangle becomes clockwise.