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Grade 12Trigonometry

what is the shortest way to find the mirror image of a line with respect to another line?

Profile image of sarthak  mitra
14 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Ashwin Muralidharan IIT Madras
14 Years ago

Hi Sarthak,

 

This would be the shortest way:

 

Find the point of intersection, say A, of the two lines. Then take a point on the line, whose reflection you need to get (say that point is B). Now find the reflection of B in the other line. Say that point is B"

Now find the equation of the line joining A and B" and that would be the equation of the reflected line.

 

Hope that helps.

 

All the best.

Regards,

Ashwin (IIT Madras).