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Find the image of (-2, 1) obtained by

translating 3 units down, followed by a
reflection over the y-axis.
Please help it is urgent!!!

User CandidJ
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Answer:

( 2 , 1 )

Explanation:

literally have no idea how the other person got -2 as the second answer lol

its 1 not -2 , ik cause i had this problem on my acellus and had to guess until i got it

User Toby Wilson
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The y-axis runs vertically, so changing the y-coordinate moves a figure up or down. Adding a number to the y-coordinate shifts the image up, while subtracting a number shifts the figure down.

So to translate 3 units down, we just subtract 3 from the y-coordinate.

Instead of (-2, 1) it's now (-2, -2) since 1 - 3 (units) = -2

Now, another way to say "reflect across the y-axis" is to say "reflect across the line x=0" since the line created by graphing x=0 is the same as the y-axis.

An image that is a reflection across the y-axis, or across the line x=0, will have opposite x-coordinates from the pre-image but identical y-coordinates.

Therefore, the rule for reflecting an image across the y-axis can be described as (x, y) → (−x, y).

So using our translated point (-2, -2) it now becomes (2, -2).

You didn't provide an image, however, all you need to find is the translated and reflected point that lies on (2, -2).

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