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The answer depends on whether the rotation is clockwise or anti-clockwise.

For anti-clockwise rotation (the standard direction of rotation),

  • old x-coordinate becomes new y-coordinate,
  • old y-coordinate becomes minus new x-coordinate
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Q: What happens to the x- and y- coordinates when an object is rotated 90 degrees about the origin?
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