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

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Question 18359: how many lines of symmetry does a pentagon have?
and how many does a rhombus have?

Answer by khwang(438) About Me  (Show Source):
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how many lines of symmetry does a pentagon have?
and how many does a rhombus have ?
For pentagon the perpendicular bisector of each side forms a symmetry.
(reflection A<-->B, C<-->D , E fixed)
A*-----*B
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C | D
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E
So,there are 5 lines of symmetry. (cannot draw proper diagram here)
For rhombus,the two diagonal lines are lines of symmetry.

Kenny