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What are the coordinates of D’ if point D(-6, 2) is translated along the vector and reflected over the y-axis

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To determine the new location of point D after a translation and reflection over the y-axis, translate D by adding the displacement vector, then reflect it across the y-axis by inverting the x-coordinate.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student asked about the new coordinates of a point D after a translation along a specified vector followed by a reflection over the y-axis. To find the coordinates of the translated point D', we need to add the vector components of the displacement vector to the original coordinates of point D.

Reflection over the y-axis inverts the x-coordinate while keeping the y-coordinate the same. If point D is initially at (-6, 2) and we have a displacement vector with components Dx and Dy, the new point, before reflection, would be D'(-6 + Dx, 2 + Dy). After reflecting over the y-axis, the x-coordinate changes sign, resulting in D''(6 + Dx, 2 + Dy).

Without the exact displacement vector values, we cannot compute the final coordinates. However, the process is to first translate then reflect point D across the y-axis.

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