A transformation that turns a figure about a fixed point called the center of rotation is:

A transformation that turns a figure about a fixed point called the center of rotation is:

• A. Geometry rotations
• B. Geometrical reflection
• C. Translation
• D. Reflection

Answer: (A)

Rotating a figure around a fixed point, called the center of rotation, is what a rotation is. In a rotation, every point moves along a circular path centered at that point, the center stays fixed, and the figure turns by a certain angle in either a clockwise or counterclockwise direction. This is different from a reflection, which flips the figure across a line, and from a translation, which slides the entire figure without a fixed center. So the described transformation is rotation.

Rotating a figure around a fixed point, called the center of rotation, is what a rotation is. In a rotation, every point moves along a circular path centered at that point, the center stays fixed, and the figure turns by a certain angle in either a clockwise or counterclockwise direction. This is different from a reflection, which flips the figure across a line, and from a translation, which slides the entire figure without a fixed center. So the described transformation is rotation.