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Using the pencil, plot the reflection of point A across the x-axis.

Using the pencil, plot the reflection of point A across the x-axis.-example-1
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When you reflect a point across the x-axis, the x-coordinate remains the same, but the y-coordinate is transformed into its opposite (its sign is changed).

Thus, for this Point A: (7,6), the reflection of this point across the x-axis will be (7,-6).

Graphing it, we get,

Using the pencil, plot the reflection of point A across the x-axis.-example-1
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