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Rotating by 90 ° in a clockwise direction about the origin

Cartesian plane shown with two right-angled triangles ABC and A' B' C'.
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We see:

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

In general, \(P(x, y) \rightarrow P^\prime (y, − x)\).