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Triangle jkl is reflected over the y axis to jkl then rotated 90 degrees clockwise about the origin to j"k"l". What is the final position of triangle j"k"l"?

1) j"k"l"
2) j"l"k"
3) k"j"l"
4) k"l"j"

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Final answer:

The transformations on triangle jkl involve a reflection over the y-axis and a 90-degree clockwise rotation. After these steps, the final position of the triangle, with respect to its vertices, is option 2) j"l"k".

Step-by-step explanation:

The question involves understanding the result of transformations applied to triangle JKLin a coordinate plane. Initially, triangle jkl is reflected over the y-axis which would result in an image (j'k'l') that is the mirror image across the y-axis. After the reflection, the triangle is rotated 90 degrees clockwise about the origin to obtain the final position of the triangle j"k"l". Due to the 90-degree rotation, each point's previous y-coordinate becomes its new x-coordinate, and the previous x-coordinate becomes the negative of its new y-coordinate.

Given that reflections and rotations are performed in sequence, it is important to understand that after a reflection over the y-axis, the points of triangle j'k'l' will be located at mirrored x-coordinates while maintaining their y-coordinates. A subsequent 90-degree clockwise rotation around the origin will then swap each point's x and y-coordinates, inverting the sign of the former x-coordinate.

If we start by labeling the vertices of the original triangle JKLin their correctly ordered sequence, due to the transformations, the final triangle j"k"l" will still have its vertices in a corresponding sequence, meaning the correct order of vertices after these transformations should be j"l"k". Therefore, the correct response among the provided options is option 2) j"l"k".

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