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How to reflect the object over the y axis

How to reflect the object over the y axis-example-1
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To reflect an object over the y-axis, you reflect each point over the y-axis and the connect them. To reflect a point over the y-axis, negate the x value and leave the y-value

Point x (-1,3) becomes (1,3)
Point y (2,1) becomes (-2,1)
Point z (-3,-3) becomes (3, -3)

Hope this helps!
User Mike Welsh
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