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A regular decagon has 10 sides. How many reflectional symmetries does a regular decagon have? 5 10 15 20

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the answer is 10. ten refelctions. 
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Answer:- In a regular decagon, there are 10 reflectional symmetries.


Reflectional symmetry or Line of symmetry divides a figure into two equal halves so that if you flip the half image over the line of symmetry, the figure would look same.

A regular decagon has 10 vertices and 10 edges.

where 10 vertices forms 5 lines of symmetry.

and 10 edges forms 5 lines of symmetry.

⇒Total lines of symmetry in a decagon =5+5= 10

Thus, In a regular decagon, there are 10 reflectional symmetries.

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