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Rotations on the Coordinate Plane

Learn to rotate a point 180 degrees about the origin by flipping the sign of both coordinates.

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Turning a point about the origin

A rotation turns a point around a fixed centre point — usually the origin (0, 0) on the coordinate plane. The simplest rotation to learn first is a half-turn: 180 degrees.