MAT - Paper 2012 - Q5


Flashcards

What is the formula for $(x _ n, y _ n)$ rotated $90^{\circ}$ anticlockwise about the origin?


\[(-y_n, x_n)\]

What is the formula for $(x _ n, y _ n)$ rotated $90^{\circ}$ clockwise about the origin?


\[(y_n, -x_n)\]

If you have some intuitive feeling about some sort of transformation being a similar transformation applied more than once, how could you formalise it?


Using vectors.




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