Reflections
Exploring Reflections
Instructions
- Move the "mirror line", which we call the Line of Reflection in our class, to the appropriate location to answer the questions below.
1. Line of Reflection: Y-axis
What happens to the coordinates of the vertices of the shape after a reflection about the y-axis?
2. Generalize your hypothesis into a rule that will illustrate the changes in the coordinates.
Reflection about the y-axis: (x, y)
3. Line of Reflection: X-axis
What happens to the coordinates of the vertices of the shape after a reflection about the x-axis?
4. Generalize your hypothesis into a rule that will illustrate the changes in the coordinates.
Reflection about the x-axis: (x, y)
5. Line of Reflection: y = x
What happens to the coordinates of the vertices of the shape after a reflection about the line y=x?
6. Generalize your hypothesis into a rule that will illustrate the changes in the coordinates.
Reflection about the line y = x. (x, y)
7. Line of Reflection: y = -x
What happens to the coordinates of the vertices of the shape after a reflection about the line y=-x?
8. Generalize your hypothesis into a rule that will illustrate the changes in the coordinates.
Reflection about the line y = -x. (x, y)