Your friend tells you that reflecting a figure will make the figure’s angles smaller, so it is no longer congruent to the original figure. Is this true? Why or why not? In 3–5 sentences, explain your answer and describe an example that would verify your claim.(4 points)
No, this statement is not true. Reflecting a figure does not change the measures of the angles or the congruency of the figure. Reflecting a figure simply flips it over a line, and all the angles in the original figure remain the same in the reflected figure. For example, if we have a right triangle with angles measuring 30°, 60°, and 90°, and we reflect it over a line, the reflected triangle will still have angles measuring 30°, 60°, and 90°. Therefore, reflecting the figure does not make the angles smaller or affect its congruency.
