Question

The mirror image of the point (2, 5) in the x – axis is?

Answer 1

(2,-5).

Explanation:

You see, when you reflect over something, one variable has to change. Our line of reflection is the x-axis, or y=0.

Here is a rule to help with these kinds of problems.

If you reflect over the x-axis, the x value is still the same, but the y value changes to be the inverse or opposite value. The opposite of positive is negative, so it will be -5.

For reflected over the y-axis, the y value stays the same, but the x value changes to be the inverse of the original y value.

Answer 2

(2,-5)

Explanation:

Reflecting (2,5) across x-axis will invert it's y-coordinate and will make it negative.