(A) Reflection Symmetry

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Reflection symmetry

Look at the illustration. The dotted line through the middle of the letter A is called a
mirror line, because if we place a mirror along it, the shape looks exactly the same as
the original.

Another name for a mirror line is an axis of symmetry.


We sometimes call this kind of symmetry 'reflection symmetry'.
1. Draw any axes of symmetry on the diagram below.
2. Draw any axes of symmetry on the diagram below.
3. Draw any axes of symmetry on the diagram below.
4. Draw any axes of symmetry on the diagram below.
5. Draw any axes of symmetry on the diagram below.

No axes of symmetry.
6. Draw any axes of symmetry on the diagram below.
7. Draw any axes of symmetry on the diagram below.
8. Draw any axes of symmetry on the diagram below.

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9. Write down those letters of the word HYPERBOLA which have a vertical axis of
symmetry.
[The letters, written in alphabetical order, make a word used by members of the
nautical profession.]

AHOY
10. Shade one more square so that the completed square grid has one line of symmetry.

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