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A rectangle is graphed on a coordinate plane and then reflected across the y-axis. If a vertex of the rectangle was at (x, y), which ordered pair represents the corresponding vertex of the new rectangle after the transformation? F (y, x) G (-x, -y) H (-x, y) J (x, y)

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Reflection across y-axis

Initial explanation

Let's say that the vertex is the following red point:

Then, its reflection across y-axis would be the blue point:

If we observe the coordinates, we will have that:

(5, 3) is transformed into (-5, 3). This is going to happen no matter the coordinate:

A rectangle is graphed on a coordinate plane and then reflected across the y-axis-example-1
A rectangle is graphed on a coordinate plane and then reflected across the y-axis-example-2
A rectangle is graphed on a coordinate plane and then reflected across the y-axis-example-3
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