In this activity, we will learn to identify how many lines of symmetry are in everyday shapes.
A line of symmetry is a line along which a shape can be folded to produce two identical sides that fit over each other exactly.
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Example
How many lines of symmetry does the capital letter A have?
Answer
This shape has one line of symmetry as shown below.
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