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A line of symmetry (let us call it LoS, for short) defines a boundary where the object in view is the same on both sides of the boundary. The easiest way to visualize an LoS will be draw a random figure on a piece of paper on a table -- an oval perhaps. Take a rectangular mirror and place it within the figure. The portion of the figure that you can see from the glass side of the mirror (not the opaque side) is an exactly replica of the image you see in the mirror. The line where the mirror meets the paper forms an LoS.
In the real world, some objects have LoS's. Most mechanical parts are drawn to be symmetric, for example, so one can make them on a lathe. Electrical circuits can have symmetry too. Same for chemistry -- the molecular structure for H2O, CO2 or CH4, for example. The usefulness of an LOS is that since the portion on one side of the LoS is identical to one on the opposite side, one needs only to treat (calculate area, amount of material to use, measure the angle etc.) one side and assume the same for the other side, reducing the effort for the task.
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Does an isosceles triangle have 1 line of symmetrey have?
An isosceles triangle has 1 line of symmetry
What is the definition of rotation symmetrey?
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What quadrilateral has two lines of symmetrey?
A rectangle
What is a line that is not a line but is almost a line?
A line of best-fit.
What is line intersect?
A line intersect is a point on a line where another line or object crosses the line.
Does an isosceles triangle have 1 line of symmetrey have?
An isosceles triangle has 1 line of symmetry
What is the definition of rotation symmetrey?
good
What quadrilateral has two lines of symmetrey?
A rectangle
Do butterfly's wings show symmetry?
Alll Buterflies and moth's wings show a symmetrey.
What letters of the athabit has reflection symmetrey?
A H I M O T U V W X and Y
How may lines of symmetrey has a rhombus?
A rhombus has two lines of symmetry. They are also called its diagonals. Suppose there is a rhombus ABCD AC and BD are its lines of symmetry.
Different kinds of lines?
*Straight Lines - Horizontal line - Vertical line - Broken line - Wavy line - Dotted line - Zigzag line - Diagonal line - perpendicular line - parallel line *Curved Lines - Concave line - Convex line - Spiral line
What is a line that is not a line but is almost a line?
A line of best-fit.
Do you wait in line or online?
If there is an actual physical line on the floor, and you are on it, then you are on line. If you are in a line of people, you are in line. If you are in a line of people, and also standing on a physical line on the floor, then you are both in and on line. If there is a group of people, standing in a line, and you are standing on top of the group of people standing in line, then you are standing on line.
What could be a name of a line?
A straight line, a telephone line, a shipping line, a fishing line.
What is line intersect?
A line intersect is a point on a line where another line or object crosses the line.
what- line m is perpendicular to line L, line n is perpendicular to line m.?
Line L is parallel to line n.
