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Turn a figure about a center point by a specified angle — preserves distance, angles, and orientation.
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A rotation turns every point of a figure about a fixed center by a given angle and direction. Counterclockwise rotations about the origin satisfy:
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This interactive lesson covers the three pieces of information a rotation requires (center, angle, direction), the coordinate rules for special angles, rotating about non-origin centers, and composition of rotations.