Matrix Transformations
Geometric transformations of points in two dimensions using matrices — reflections, rotations and enlargements, finding and identifying transformation matrices, composition of transformations, and area scale factors from the determinant (syllabus 3.9).
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- Easy Reflection in the x-axis No Calculator [3]
- Hard Composition of transformations No Calculator [4]
- Medium Area scale factor No Calculator [3]
About this topic
These are original, exam-style questions written to match the IB Mathematics syllabus for Applications & Interpretation HL (Topic 3.9). Every question has a full worked solution with mark allocations matching real IB marking schemes, with graphics-calculator steps where matrix multiplication is used.
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