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A helpful tip to thinking about this question

-we can describe all rotations by an angle

-we can not describe reflections by an angle

-each reflection can be described about the axis it is reflected

-when two reflections are done in a row, an angle between the axis of each reflection can be found

-this permutation can now be described by an angle

-thus it must also be a rotation

-zach

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