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Your friend thinks that the regular pentagon in the diagram has 10 lines of symmetry. Explain and correct your friend's error.

Your friend thinks that the regular pentagon in the diagram has 10 lines of symmetry-example-1

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A pentagon has 5 lines not 10
User Farruh Habibullaev
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Answer:

A pentagon has 5 lines of symmetry, not 10.

Explanation:

There are only 5 lines connecting to form a pentagon and all five lines are the same length.

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