SOLUTION: how many lines of symmetry does a pentagon have?

Question 606903: how many lines of symmetry does a pentagon have?
Found 2 solutions by solver91311, stanbon:
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

5 if it is a regular pentagon, don't know if it isn't regular. In a regular pentagon, a line connecting a vertex with the midpoint of the side opposite that vertex is a line of symmetry.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
how many lines of symmetry does a pentagon have?
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Ans: One from each vertex, perpendicular to the opposite side.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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