How do I use matrix multiplication to find the reflection

codosse2e

codosse2e

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2022-05-20

How do I use matrix multiplication to find the reflection of (-1,2) about the x axis, y axis and the line y=x?

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mnaonavl

mnaonavl

Beginner2022-05-21Added 7 answers

Each one of those is a linear transformation, so can be represented by matrix multiplication. Let's say the first one, reflection about the x-axis. Say, it is represented by some matrix A. Then,
A ( 1 0 ) = ( 1 0 )  and  A ( 0 1 ) = ( 0 1 ) ,
so
A ( 1 0 0 1 ) = ( 1 0 0 1 )
Do you now know what A is? What happens when you compute
A ( 1 2 ) ?
Can you do the others the same way?

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