Student resources icon

Rotating by 90 ° in an anticlockwise direction about the origin

In the diagram below, triangle \(ABC\) is rotated 90 ° in an anticlockwise direction about the origin:

\(A(4, 4) \rightarrow A^\prime (–4, 4); B(3, 6) \rightarrow B^\prime (–6, 3); C(5, 7) \rightarrow \)

\((–7, 5)\).

Cartesian plane shown with two right-angled triangles ABC and A' B' C'.
Detailed description