Question

The diagram shows the outline of a British 50 P coin. How many lines of symmetry does it have?
A.5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8

Answer 1

Hint:- Observe that British 50 P coins look exactly like a regular heptagon. Hence Finding lines of symmetry in the British 50 P coin is the same as finding lines of symmetry in a regular heptagon.

Complete step-by-step answer:

Given figure is an illustrator of how many lines of symmetry a regular heptagon or (british 50 p coin) has.
Now, A regular heptagon is a polygon that has all its sides and angles equal No of sides in regular heptagon is 7.
The line of symmetry can be defined as the axis or imaginary line that Passes through the centre of the shape or object and divides it into identical halves.
If we see in the figure , we see that the figure can be folded into 7 ways differently. So there are 7 lines of symmetry for a British 50 P coin . Each of the 7 ways. Figure is divided identically. You can refer to the figure to see how 7 lines of symmetry the figure has.
Note: There are seven lines of symmetry for a regular heptagon that intersect a center with each vertex.