When a figure is drawn in quadrant 2, and you reflect it over the x axis, do you reflect in quadrant 1 or four?
Neither. It reflects about a horizontal axis into the third quadrant.
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When a figure is drawn in quadrant 2 and you reflect it over the x-axis, it will be reflected in quadrant 1, not quadrant 4.
To understand why, let's first review the four quadrants of a Cartesian plane. The Cartesian plane is a two-dimensional coordinate system with a horizontal x-axis and a vertical y-axis. Quadrant 1 is located in the top right of the plane, quadrant 2 is in the top left, quadrant 3 is in the bottom left, and quadrant 4 is in the bottom right.
Reflecting a figure over the x-axis means mirroring it along the x-axis. This is achieved by reversing the sign of the y-coordinate of each point, while keeping the x-coordinate unchanged. So, for any point (x, y) in quadrant 2, after reflecting over the x-axis, the y-coordinate becomes -y. The x-coordinate remains the same.
Since quadrant 1 is above the x-axis, reflecting over the x-axis will move the previously mirrored points up to quadrant 1. On the other hand, reflecting over the x-axis would move points in quadrant 2 downwards, which would end up in quadrant 3, not quadrant 4.
In summary, when a figure is drawn in quadrant 2 and you reflect it over the x-axis, the reflected points will end up in quadrant 1.