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geometry intermediate
Problem
Triangle has vertices with coordinates and . The triangle is reflected about line . The image points are and . What is the equation of line ?
Solution
Since only the portions of the coordinates move, we know that the line of reflection must be a horizontal line. Now we just need to find the midpoint between an original point and its reflected image to pinpoint the location of the line. The -coordinate of point is 3 and the -coordinate of is ; therefore, the midpoint is at . The line of refection is .
Final answer
y = -1