Question

Triangle ABCis rotated 90° clockwise around the origin to get

triangle A'B'C. Find the length of the line segment, AC
A. 2.23
OB. 4.47
O c. 2.44
D.2

Answer 1

The distance A’C’ is 4.47 units

Explanation:

Before we go on, we need to get the appropriate transformation

Mathematically, we have a 90 degrees clockwise rotation yielding the following;

(x,y) to (-y,x)

A is (-4,1)

C is (-2,5)

By transforming, we have

A’( -1,-4)

C’ (-5,-2)

To get the magnitude of the line segment, we are going to use the distance formula between points

We have this as;

D = √(x2-x1)^2 + (y2-y1)^2

D = √(-5-(-1))^2 + (-2-(-4))^2

D = √(-4)^2 + (2)^2

D = √(16 + 4)

D = √20

D = 4.47 units