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Write a rule to describe a transformation when a triangle hasbeen rotated 90 degrees clockwise.(x,y) →Using (y,x)

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For clockwise rotation of a triangle by 90 degree, then x coordinate is similar to the y coordinate of original point and y coorinate is negative times of x coordinate of original point.

So (x,y) changes to (-y,x).

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