Mathematics

Mathematics

Problem

Rotation about the origin is commonly described as a rigid transformation in the plane. a. (i) What is meant by a rigid transformation? Give one example other than rotation. b. (ii) Show algebraically that the distance of any point from the origin remains unchanged after rotation through an angle θ\theta about the origin. c. (iii) Hence state the locus of all possible images of a fixed point when it is rotated through every possible angle about the origin.

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