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Reflect a point

A translation slides a point; a reflection flips it over a mirror line.

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How to do it

  1. Translate: add to x for right, add to y for up.
  2. Reflect in the x-axis: y changes sign. In the y-axis: x changes sign.

Worked example

(3, 2) reflected in the x-axis
Same distance on the other side of the axis: y changes sign
(3, −2)

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Reflecting changes a sign; translating adds or subtracts.

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