Use the image to answer the question.
Which transformation makes figure 2 the image of figure 1?
Two figures are shown side by side. Figure 1 looks like a Z; the line of the shape moves from the top left to the top right to the bottom left to the bottom right. Figure 2 looks like a Z facing the opposite direction; the line of the shape moves from the top right to the top left to the bottom right to the bottom left.
A.
reflection
B.
translation
C.
rotation
D.
dilation
A. reflection.
A. Reflection
To determine which transformation makes figure 2 the image of figure 1, we need to compare the changes between the two figures.
In figure 2, the line of the shape moves in the opposite direction compared to figure 1. The top right corner of figure 1 is now at the top left in figure 2, the top left in figure 1 is now at the top right in figure 2, the bottom left in figure 1 is now at the bottom right in figure 2, and the bottom right in figure 1 is now at the bottom left in figure 2.
This indicates that figure 2 is a reflection (or a flip) of figure 1. Option A, reflection, is the correct answer.