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Explain WHY a rotation of 180° is the same as doing
reflection over the x-axis AND the y-axis?

Explain WHY a rotation of 180° is the same as doing reflection over the x-axis AND-example-1

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The 180 degree acts like both a horizontal (y axis) and vertical (x axis) reflection in one action.Precisely. Although they appear similar at first,rotating a figure 180 degrees swaps the image left-to-right and top-to-bottom at once.
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