Rotations - HiSet: High School Equivalency Test: Math

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Question

What is the result of rotating the point about the origin in the plane by ?

Answer

Rotating a point

geometrically in the plane about the origin is equivalent to negating the coordinates of the point algebraically to obtain

.

Thus, since our initial point was

we negate both coordinates to get

as the rotation about the origin by .

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Letters

Examine the figures in the above diagram. The figure at right is the result of performing which of the following transformations on the figure at left?

Answer

Examine the figure below.

1

If we connect the horizontal line with the line along the rotated "omega" at right, we see that it is the result of a one-sixth turn counterclockwise; the angle between them is one sixth of , or .

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Letters

Examine the figures in the above diagram. The figure at right is the result of performing which of the following transformations on the figure at left?

Answer

Examine the figure below:

1

If we connect the horizontal line with the line along the rotated nine at right, we see that it is the result of a one-third turn clockwise; the angle between them

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Letters

Examine the figures in the above diagram. The figure at right is the result of performing which of the following transformations on the figure at left?

Answer

Examine the figure below:

1

If we connect the horizontal line with the line along the rotated nine at right, we see that it is the result of a one-eighth turn clockwise; the angle between them .

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Nonagons

Examine the figures in the above diagram. Figure 2 is the result of performing which of the following transformations on Figure 1?

Answer

The diagram below superimposes the two figures:

Nonagons

The transformation moves the black diagonal to the position of the red diagonal, and, consequently, points and to points and , respectively. This constitutes two-tenths of a complete turn clockwise, or a clockwise rotation of

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Hexagon

Let and be the midpoints of and , respectively.

Rotate the above hexagon clockwise, then reflect it about the line through . Call the image of after these transformations.

will be located in the same position as which of the following points?

Answer

A rotation is equivalent to of a complete rotation, so rotate as follows:

Hexagon

The image of under this rotation, which we will call , is at .

Now, locate the midpoints and , and construct the line as described and shown below. Perform the reflection:

Hexagon

It can be seen that the image of under this transformation - the desired - is located at .

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Octagon

In the above octagon, let and be the midpoints of and , respectively.

Rotate the above octagon counterclockwise, then reflect it about . Call the image of after these transformations.

will be located in the same position as which of the following points?

Answer

A rotation is equivalent to of a complete rotation, so rotate as follows:

Octagon

The image of under this rotation, which we will call , is at .

Now, locate the midpoints and , and construct the line as described and shown below. Perform the reflection:

Octagon

The image of under this transformation - the desired - is located at .

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Question mark

Rotate the above figure counterclockwise. Which figure is the result?

Answer

A counterclockwise rotation of is ofa complete rotation. Observe the following diagram:

Question mark

In the right figure, the question mark has been turned one-eighth of a complete turn counterclockwise. This is the correct orientation.

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Question

Over the course of 20 minutes, the hour hand of a clock undergoes which of the following rotations?

Answer

The hour hand of a clock makes one complete clockwise rotation over the course of 12 hours, or

minutes.

Therefore, over the course of 20 minutes, the hour hand rotates

.

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Question

Over the course of one minute and forty seconds, the minute hand of a clock undergoes which of the following clockwise rotations?

Answer

The minute hand of a clock rotates one complete clockwise turn about its mount over the course of 60 minutes, or, equivalently, since there are 60 seconds in a minute, every

seconds.

Over the course of 1 minute 40 seconds - or, since one minute is equal to 60 seconds, seconds - the minute hand rotates clockwise

.

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Over the course of one hour and twenty minutes, the hour hand of a clock undergoes which of the following clockwise rotations?

Answer

The hour hand of a clock makes one complete clockwise rotation over the course of 12 hours, or, since one hour is equal to 60 minutes,

Therefore, over the course of 1 hour 20 minutes - which is equal to minutes - the hour hand rotates

.

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Hexagon

Rotate the above hexagon counterclockwise, then reflect it about . Call the image of after these transformations.

will be located in the same position as which of the following points?

Answer

A rotation is equivalent to of a complete rotation, so rotate as follows:

Hexagon

The image of under this rotation, which we will call , is at .

Now, construct , and reflect the hexagon about this line:

Hexagon

The image of under this reflection - the desired - is located at itself.

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Question

Between 6:15 and 6:40, the minute hand of a clock undergoes which of the following clockwise rotations?

Answer

Between 6:15 and 6:40,

minutes elapse.

The minute hand of a clock rotates one complete clockwise turn about its mount over the course of 60 minutes. Therefore, over 25 minutes, the minute hand rotates clockwise.

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