A reflection is like a mirror image because it flips over, and it does not change in size nor shape only its location. You can reflect an image over the x-axis or y-axis without knowing the exact rules by imagining how it would look like on the other side. For example if you look at your hand and you flip it over, you just made a reflection. Just like when you look at yourself in in the mirror. The original figure and its reflection is exactly equal distance from the line of symmetry because the figure just flipped over. Therefore when a figure reflects the original and prime figure has to have equal distance. Yes i do think we could determine the line of symmetry if we were given the points of the original figure and the image. When looking at the two figures, i know which one is the transformed one because the transformed image's points are represented by a letter with an apostrophe.
Monday, January 26, 2009
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