A line segment with endpoints at (1 , -8 ) and (1, -2 ) is rotated clockwise by (3 pi)/2. What are the new endpoints of the line segment?

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sankarankalyanam
Mar 29, 2018

color(purple)("New end points are ") color(green)( (8,1), (2, 1) " in the I Quadrant"

Explanation:

Given points : A (1, -8), B (1, -2)

Rotated by (3pi)/2 clockwise about the origin.

![https://www.onlinemath4all.com/http://rotation-transformation.html](https://useruploads.socratic.org/gDKssdsYRASHBut2Ki91_rotation%20rules.jpg)
New end points are

A (1, -8) -> A'(8,1)

B(1, -2) -> B'(2, 1)

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