Question

Look at the shaded triangle. Describe two ways of drawing the square design below using any combination of translation , reflection ,and rotations of figure I (the shaded triangle).

Answer 1

The first way:
1. Reflect the figure I across the x-axis.
2. Translate the figure I and its reflection and rotate them 90 degrees.

The second way:
1. Reflect the figure I across the x-axis.
2. Rotate 90 degrees counterclockwise.
3. Rotate it across the y-axis.