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Homework Statement
A group of American physicist works on a project where planar lines are in the form X=tP+sQ, where P and Q are two fixed different points and s, t are varying reals satisfying s+t=1. They need to know formulae for the images of the line X=tP+sQ in the following three cases:
1. Under the translation by a vector B
2. Under rotation about a point C by 180 degrees
3. Under rotation about a point C by 90 degrees
Please provide those formulae and a justification for them.
Homework Equations
X=tP+sQ
s+t=1
The Attempt at a Solution
A translation by a vector, B will preserve length and slope, so the new formulae is X=tP+sQ+B.
A rotation will preserve length, but not necessarily slope. I know that with points, a 90 degree rotation will give (x,y) -> (y,-x) and that a rotation of 180 degrees will give (x,y) -> (-x,y).
I'm not sure how to use this information to get to a clear answer, with a formula and justification for it.