Suppose that you are taking a course in geometry. You are trying to determine whether two geometric shapes are identical, so you mentally rotate one of the figures in a clockwise fashion. You are likely to find that
a. you will not be very accurate in this task, because mental imagery is very poor for geometric figures.
b. you will take more time than if you had to rotate the figure in a 3-dimensional plane (e.g., away from you).
c. you will rotate the figure more quickly than if you had to rotate it in a counterclockwise fashion.
d. you will take longer to rotate it 120? than 40?.
Ans: d
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false