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When the figure below is rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise about the origin what would be the new coordinates of point c?

a (-5,3)
b (3,-5)
c (5,-3)
d (5,3)

When the figure below is rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise about the origin what-example-1
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Rotating a figure 90° counterclockwise about the origin results in an ordered pair (x, y) mapping to its image (-y, x).  Thus point C, which is at (3, 5), will map to (-5, 3).
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