Rotation Matrix: 90 Degrees Counterclockwise
How to use the rotation 90 degrees counterclockwise matrix to find the image under the rotation: formula, 1 example, and its solution.
Formula
Formula
The rotation 90º counterclockwise matrix is
[0 -1 / 1 0].
Example
Example
Solution
The image is under
the rotation of 90º counterclockwise
about the origin.
So write the rotation matrix
[0 -1 / 1 0].
Write the vertex matrix.
A(2, 1), B(3, 4), C(5, 3)
So the vertex matrix is
[2 3 5 / 1 4 3].
So the vertex matrix of the image is
[0 -1 / 1 0][2 3 5 / 1 4 3].
Solve [0 -1 / 1 0][2 3 5 / 1 4 3].
Multiply Matrices
Row 1, column 1:
0⋅2 + (-1)⋅1
Row 1, column 2:
0⋅3 + (-1)⋅4
Row 1, column 3:
0⋅5 + (-1)⋅3
Row 2, column 1:
1⋅2 + 0⋅1
Row 2, column 2:
1⋅3 + 0⋅4
Row 2, column 3:
1⋅5 + 0⋅3
This is the vertex matrix of the image.
0⋅2 + (-1)⋅1
= 0 - 1
0⋅3 + (-1)⋅4
= 0 - 4
0⋅5 + (-1)⋅3
= 0 - 3
1⋅2 + 0⋅1
= 2 + 0
1⋅3 + 0⋅4
= 3 + 0
1⋅5 + 0⋅3
= 5 + 0
0 - 1 = -1
0 - 4 = -4
0 - 3 = -3
2 + 0 = 2
3 + 0 = 3
5 + 0 = 5
[-1 -4 -3 / 2 3 5]
is the vertex matrix of the image.
So column 1 is the image of A:
A'(-1, 2).
Column 2 is the image of B:
B'(-4, 3).
Column 3 is the image of C:
C'(-3, 5).
So
A'(-1, 2)
B'(-4, 3)
C'(-3, 5)
is the answer.
Graph
This is the graph of △ABC
and its image △A'B'C'.
The image is under
the rotation of 90º counterclockwise
about the origin.