document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=949859>Question 949859</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Could someone explain what reflecting means? I keep hearing about reflecting in the x-axis and reflecting in the y-axis. What is reflecting? Is this taking the mirror image of whatever it is? But then my question becomes what does it mean by reflecting in the x or y axis? AM I REALLY CONFUSED </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Essentially. Think about looking at yourself in a mirror.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We usually say \"reflect about the x- (or y-) axis.\" For example, the point (1,5) reflected about the x-axis maps to (1,-5). </SPAN>\n" );
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