Name: _______________________________________ Date: _______________________

M8-U3: Notes #2 – Reflections Class: _______________________

A reflection is a transformation which ____________ the figure over a ________________________.

This line is called the .

Example 1:
ΔABC is being reflected over the x-axis.

Draw and label the image ΔA’B’C’.

We can use an arrow to describe this reflection.

ΔABC  ΔA’B’C’

What are the coordinates of:

A ________  A’ _________

B ________  B’ _________

C ________  C’__________

Write a general rule for an x-axis reflection:

(x, y)  ( ________ , _______ ).

Tell me more about this figure, is it congruent or similar? Explain how you know.

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Example 2:
ΔABC is reflected over the y-axis.

Draw the image ΔA’B’C’.

What are the coordinates of:

A ________  A’ _________

B ________  B’ _________

C ________  C’ __________

Write a general rule for a y-axis reflection:

(x, y)  ( ________ , _______ ).

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Example 3:

a) Draw ΔJKL which has coordinates J (0,2), K (3,4), and L (5,1).

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J (0, 2)  J’ _________
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K (3, 4)  K’ _________ 5

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L (5, 1)  L’__________ 2

–8 –7 –6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 x
–1

–2

–3

–4

–5

–6

–7

–8

d) Draw the image ΔJ’’K’’L’’ after a reflection of ΔJ’K’L’ over the y-axis.

e) List the coordinates of J’’K’’L’’.

K’_________  K’’ _________

L’_________  L’’__________

f) Describe a different combination of two reflections that would move ΔJKL to ΔJ’’K’’L’’.

g) Is this new image congruent or similar to the original figure?

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Example 4:

a) Draw ΔABC which has coordinates A(0,1), B(3,4), and C(5,1).

b) Draw the image ΔA’B’C’ after a reflection of 8

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ΔABC over x = -1.
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c) List the coordinates of A’B’C’. 4

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A (0, 1)  A’ _________ 1

–8 –7 –6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 x
–1
B (3, 4)  B’ _________
–2

–3

C (5, 1)  C’__________ –4

–5

–6

–7

–8

Example 5:

a) Draw ΔABC which has coordinates A(0,1), B(3,4), and C(5,1).

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c) List the coordinates of A’B’C’.
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A (0, 1)  A’ _________ 4

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B (3, 4)  B’ _________ 1

–8 –7 –6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 x
–1
C (5, 1)  C’__________
–2

–3

–4

–5

–6

–7

–8

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Example 6:

Draw the line of reflection which caused rectangle KLMN to reflect onto rectangle K’L’M’N’. What is
the equation of the line of reflection?

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L K K' L'
–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4 5 x
–1

–2

–3

–4
M N
–5
N' M'

Example 7:

Draw the line of reflection which caused triangle ABC to reflect onto triangle A’B’C’. What is the
equation of the line of reflection?

y
5

3
B
2
A C
1

–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4 5 x
–1

–2
A' C'
–3

–4

–5
B'

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Example 8:
Quadrilateral CDEF is plotted on the grid below.

On the graph, draw the reflection of polygon CDEF over the x-axis. Label the image C’D’E’F’.

Now create polygon C”D”E”F” by translating polygon C’D’E’F’ three units to the left and up
two units. What will be the coordinates of point C”?

Answer ______________

Example 9:
Describe how you could move shape 2 to exactly match shape 2’ by using one translation and
one reflection.