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What is a Line of Reflection?

What is a line of reflection?

Summary

  1. The line of reflection is the line that a figure is flipped over during a reflection
  2. A reflection is a type of transformation that creates a mirror image of a figure
  3. The x-axis, or the horizontal axis, is the line of reflection in example A
  4. The y-axis, or the vertical axis, is the line of reflection in example B
  5. The line y=x is the line of reflection in example C

Notes

    1. A reflection is a type of transformation that creates a mirror image of a figure
    2. A line of reflection can be any line in the coordinate plane
    1. The x-axis is the horizontal axis
    1. We flipped the figure over so that it looks like a mirror image of the original figure
    1. The y-axis is the vertical axis
    1. We flipped the figure over so that it looks like a mirror image of the original figure
    1. The line y=x is another common line of reflection