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Exercise 1

Avg difficulty 2.5

For each of the following geometric operations in the plane, find a 2×22\times 2 matrix that defines the matrix transformation performing the operation.

  1. Rotates vectors by 180∘180^\circ.

  2. Reflects vectors across the vertical axis.

  3. Reflects vectors across the line y=−xy=-x.

  4. Rotates vectors counterclockwise by 60∘60^\circ.

  5. First rotates vectors counterclockwise by 60∘60^\circ and then reflects in the line y=xy=x.

Austin, Understanding Linear Algebra, §2.6 The geometry of matrix transformations, Exercise 1

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