The first six numbers in a pattern are shown below. 1 3 , 4 3 , 3, 16 3 , 25 3 , 12, … If the pattern continues, which expression can be used to find the nth number in the pattern?

Answercounterclockwise rotation about the origin by 180 degrees followed by reflection about the y-axisexplanationthe given figure has verticesrecall that for counterclockwise rotation about the origin, when we rotate figure pqrs counterclockwise through an angle of 180° about the origin, the coordinates will becomenext, we reflect in the y-axis by negating the x-coordinates of the resulting figure to obtain,therefore the correct answer is c