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The point (2, 4) is reflected over the x-axis. What are its new coordinates?Use the blank grid below it it helps.-6-54-321-6ch-4-3-2.-1O3N56-1-2-3--4--5-6O (2,-4)O (-2,-4)O (4,2)O (-2,4)

The point (2, 4) is reflected over the x-axis. What are its new coordinates?Use the-example-1
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Let:


\begin{gathered} A=(x1,y1)=(2,4) \\ A^(\prime)=(x1^(\prime),y1^(\prime)) \end{gathered}

After a reflection over the x-axis:


A\to(x,-y)\to A^(\prime)=(2,-4)

Answer:

(2,-4)

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