Reflection Matrix: y-axis
How to use the reflection in the y-axis matrix to find the image under the reflection: formula, 1 example, and its solution.
Formula
The reflection in the y-axis matrix is
[-1 0 / 0 1].
Example
The image is under
the reflection in the y-axis.
So write the reflection in the y-axis matrix
[-1 0 / 0 1].
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
[-1 0 / 0 1][2 3 5 / 1 4 3].
Solve [-1 0 / 0 1][2 3 5 / 1 4 3].
Multiply Matrices
Row 1, column 1:
-1⋅2 + 0⋅1
Row 1, column 2:
-1⋅3 + 0⋅4
Row 1, column 3:
-1⋅5 + 0⋅3
Row 2, column 1:
0⋅2 + 1⋅1
Row 2, column 2:
0⋅3 + 1⋅4
Row 2, column 3:
0⋅5 + 1⋅3
This is the vertex matrix of the image.
-1⋅2 + 0⋅1
= -2 + 0
-1⋅3 + 0⋅4
= -3 + 0
-1⋅5 + 0⋅3
= -5 + 0
0⋅2 + 1⋅1
= 0 + 1
0⋅3 + 1⋅4
= 0 + 4
0⋅5 + 1⋅3
= 0 + 3
-2 + 0 = -2
-3 + 0 = -3
-5 + 0 = -5
0 + 1 = 1
0 + 4 = 4
0 + 3 = 3
[-2 -3 -5 / 1 4 3]
is the vertex matrix of the image.
So column 1 is the image of A:
A'(-2, 1).
Column 2 is the image of B:
B'(-3, 4).
Column 3 is the image of C:
C'(-5, 3).
So
A'(-2, 1)
B'(-3, 4)
C'(-5, 3)
is the answer.
This is the graph of △ABC
and its image △A'B'C'.
The image is under
the reflection in the y-axis.