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#2 Help Me ! » Please Help with Matrices, Reflections, Rotations » 2009-12-03 15:24:46

dellatorre
Replies: 2

Looking for help with a problem I'm working on:

"Show that matrix
[0 -1 0]
[-1 0 0]
[0 0 1]
for a reflection about line y=-x
is equivalent to a reflection relative to the y axis followed by a counter-clockwise rotation of 90 degrees."

So for my answer, first I have for the reflection relative to the y axis, I have the matrix:
[-1 0 0]
[0 1 0]
[0 0 1]

and for the counter-clockwise rotation of 90 degrees, I have the matrix:
[0 -1 0]
[1 0 0]
[0 0 1]

but then I don't know what my next step should be.

Can anyone help me with this?

thanks,
Della

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