CAIE IGCSE Mathematics Extended E7.1.1 Reflection of a Shape in a Straight Line Questions

Practise Extended CAIE IGCSE Mathematics by reflecting shapes across horizontal, diagonal and translated mirror lines, transforming coordinates accurately and plotting every image vertex.

Syllabus
2028–2030
Course
Mathematics 0580
Level
Extended

Exam points

  • Reflect each vertex across the stated straight mirror line, keeping its perpendicular distance from the line unchanged.
  • For a line such as y = k, keep x unchanged and transform the y-coordinate to 2k − y.
  • Plot the reflected vertices and join them in the original order to form the image.

CAIE IGCSE Mathematics Extended E7.1.1 Reflection of a Shape in a Straight Line Questions question 1

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On the diagram, draw the image of

shape A after a reflection in the line y=x+1.

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