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Can someone help me with this question?

Trapezoid TUVW is shown on the coordinate plane below:

If trapezoid T'U'V'W' represents trapezoid TUVW reflected over the y-axis, the ordered pair of W' is ___________. (Note: You must include parentheses, a comma, and a space after the comma when typing the ordered pair.)

I think that it's 6,2

Can someone help me with this question? Trapezoid TUVW is shown on the coordinate-example-1

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(-5, 6) would have to be the correct answer! 
User Grigory Bushuev
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The reflection over the y-axis has a rule:


(x,y)\rightarrow (-x,y).

From the diagram you can see that point W has coordinates (-7,2). Then using the rule given above, you can find the coordinates of point W':


(-7,2)\rightarrow (7,2).

Answer: (7,2).

User Hellaandrew
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