2012 AMC 10B Problem 3
Problem 3 of 25EasierGeometry
The point in the -plane with coordinates is reflected across the line What are the coordinates of the reflected point?
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Solution
Notice that the line in question is perfectly horizontal. This means that if we were to construct a perpendicular line segment from the point to the line, to find the reflected coordinates of the point, we simply double the distance along that line segment.
The line segment from to is of length so the reflected point is along this same line segment, but a distance of on the other side of the horizontal line. This yields
Thus, the correct answer is B .