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Geometry Difficulty 2.1 Junior Prove it Canada

When a point (x,y)(x,y) is rotated 90°90\degree clockwise about the origin, the resulting coordinates are (y,x)(y, -x). We call this rotation RR. When a point (x,y)(x,y) is translated up 22 units, the resulting coordinates are (x,y+2)(x,y+2). We call this translation TT. For example, beginning with the point (8,2)(8,-2), and applying RR then TT, the resulting coordinates are (2,6)(-2,-6), as shown: (8,2)R(2,8)T(2,6)(8,-2) \overset{R}{\longrightarrow} (-2,-8) \overset{T}{\longrightarrow} (-2,-6)Figure 0 Beginning with the point (5,11)(5,11), and applying RR then TT, what are the resulting coordinates?Figure 1 Beginning with the point (3,7)(-3,7), when RR is applied 55 times, what are the resulting coordinates?Figure 2 Consider the following sequence of transformations: RR, then RR again, and then TT. Beginning with the point (9,1)(9,1), this sequence R,R,TR,R,T is repeated a total of 1111 times. Determine the resulting
coordinates.

Solution

Beginning with the point (5,11)(5,11), and applying RR then TT, the resulting coordinates are (11,3)(11,-3), as shown: (5,11)R(11,5)T(11,3)(5,11) \overset{R}{\longrightarrow} (11,-5) \overset{T}{\longrightarrow} (11,-3) Solution 1: When a point is rotated 90°90\degree about the origin 44 times, the result is a rotation of 4×90°=360°4\times90\degree=360\degree or one full rotation about the origin. Thus beginning with the point (3,7)(-3,7), when RR is applied 44 times, the point returns to its original location, and so the resulting coordinates are (3,7)(-3,7). When RR is applied a 5th time, the resulting coordinates are (7,3)(7,3). Solution 2: Beginning with the point (3,7)(-3,7), and applying RR 55 times, the resulting coordinates are (7,3)(7,3), as shown: (3,7)R(7,3)R(3,7)R(7,3)R(3,7)R(7,3)(-3,7) \overset{R}{\longrightarrow} (7,3) \overset{R}{\longrightarrow} (3,-7)\overset{R}{\longrightarrow} (-7,-3)\overset{R}{\longrightarrow} (-3,7)\overset{R}{\longrightarrow} (7,3) Beginning with the point (9,1)(9,1), and applying the sequence RR, RR, TT, the resulting coordinates are (9,1)(-9,1), as shown: (9,1)R(1,9)R(9,1)T(9,1)(9,1) \overset{R}{\longrightarrow} (1,-9) \overset{R}{\longrightarrow} (-9,-1) \overset{T}{\longrightarrow} (-9,1) Continuing with the point (9,1)(-9,1), and applying the sequence RR, RR, TT again, the resulting coordinates are (9,1)(9,1), as shown: (9,1)R(1,9)R(9,1)T(9,1)(-9,1) \overset{R}{\longrightarrow} (1,9) \overset{R}{\longrightarrow} (9,-1) \overset{T}{\longrightarrow} (9,1) Beginning with the point (9,1)(9,1), and applying the sequence RR, RR, TT twice, the resulting coordinates are (9,1)(9,1) (that is, the point returns to its original location). This will continue to occur each time the sequence RR, RR, TT is applied an even number of times, and so after applying RR, RR, TT 1010 times, the resulting coordinates are (9,1)(9,1). Beginning with the point (9,1)(9,1), and applying the sequence RR, RR, TT an 11th time, the resulting coordinates are (9,1)(-9,1), the steps to which were
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