Rotation on Coordinate Plane

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What is rotation in the coordinate plane?

Back

Rotation is a transformation that turns a figure around a fixed point, called the center of rotation, by a certain angle in a specified direction.

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What is the center of rotation?

Back

The center of rotation is the fixed point around which a figure is rotated.

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What does a 90 degrees clockwise rotation look like?

Back

A 90 degrees clockwise rotation turns a point or figure to the right, moving it to a new position.

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What does a 90 degrees counterclockwise rotation look like?

Back

A 90 degrees counterclockwise rotation turns a point or figure to the left, moving it to a new position.

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What is the result of a 180 degrees rotation around the origin?

Back

A 180 degrees rotation around the origin flips the figure to the opposite side of the origin.

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How do you find the coordinates after a 90 degrees clockwise rotation?

Back

For a point (x, y), the new coordinates after a 90 degrees clockwise rotation are (y, -x).

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How do you find the coordinates after a 90 degrees counterclockwise rotation?

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For a point (x, y), the new coordinates after a 90 degrees counterclockwise rotation are (-y, x).

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What happens to the coordinates after a 180 degrees rotation?

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For a point (x, y), the new coordinates after a 180 degrees rotation are (-x, -y).

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What is the effect of a 360 degrees rotation?

Back

A 360 degrees rotation returns the figure to its original position.

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How can you determine if two figures are rotations of each other?

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Two figures are rotations of each other if one can be obtained from the other by rotating it around a point.

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