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5. The equation y=3/2 is rotated 180° around the origin. What is the equation of the image line?

5. The equation y=3/2 is rotated 180° around the origin. What is the equation of the-example-1

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Answer:

(d) y' = 3/2x

Explanation:

The transformation for rotating a figure 180° about the origin is ...

(x, y) ⇒ (-x, -y)

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Given the line ...

y = 3/2x

The translation of it is ...

-y' = 3/2(-x)

Simplifying gives ...

y' = 3/2x

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Additional comment

Rotation 180° about the origin is equivalent to reflection across the origin. For a line that passes through the origin, that reflection is simply the original line, as we can see in the equations above.

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