Intro to Rotating a Polygon

Definition of a Rotation
On the figure below you can click and drag the red figure and its points as well as the point P.[br][br]Dragging the slider to a value greater 0 will rotate the figure about the point P by the corresponding angle measure.
QUESTION 1
P and Q around to different locations and use different angle measures![br][br]What do you notice about the length of PQ and PQ'?
QUESTION 2
What happens when you rotate all the way to 360[math]^\circ[/math]?
Rotations in the Coordinate Plane
Now you will explore 3 common rotations in the coordinate plane. [br][br]The rotations will be of 90°, 180°, and 270° and will all be about the origin.[br][br]Click and drag the points on the pre-image and use the slider to change the angle of rotation.[br][br]List the point of A' for each rotation. [br]
A' after 90 rotation.
If A(1, 2) what is A' after a 90[sup]o[/sup] rotation? [br][br]A(? , ?)
If A(1, 2) what is A' after a 180[sup]o[/sup] rotation? [br][br]A(? , ?)
If A(1, 2) what is A' after a 270[sup]o[/sup] rotation? [br][br]A(? , ?)
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