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Conjugating Transformations

Rotating about a point, Q, not at the origin

To determine what happens to a point, P, when we rotate it about a point, Q, that is not at the origin of the Cartesian plane, O; we can first translate Q to O, then rotate about O, then undo the translation. See how this works in the example below.