Question

Triangle XYZ is rotated 90° counterclockwise using the origin as the center of rotation.

Which other rotation can be used to create triangle X’Y’Z’ from triangle XYZ?
90° clockwise
270° clockwise
270° counterclockwise
360° counterclockwise

Answer 1

Answer: Triangle XYZ can be rotated 90° counterclockwise using the origin as the center of rotation to create triangle X’Y’Z’. To obtain the original triangle XYZ, we need to rotate the triangle X'Y'Z' by 90° clockwise using the origin as the center of rotation. This means that rotating the triangle X'Y'Z' by 90° clockwise is the same as rotating triangle XYZ by 90° counterclockwise, so the answer is 90° clockwise.

Answer 2

The other rotation that can be used to achieve the transformation is; C: 270° counterclockwise

What is the rotation used?

From the coordinates of XYZ transformed to coordinates of triangle X'Y'Z', we can see that the transformation pattern is;

(x, y) -----> (-y, x)

Now, this pattern of transformation occurs when;

There is a 90° clockwise rotation. However, the other rotation that can be used to achieve this is a 270° counterclockwise rotation