Lesson 6 Symmetries of Regular Polygons Solidify Understanding
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What is the smallest fraction of a full circle that the wagon wheel needs to turn in order to appear the very same as it does now? How many degrees of rotation would that be?
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What is the smallest fraction of a full circle that the propeller needs to turn in order to appear the very same as it does right now? How many degrees of rotation would that be?
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What is the smallest fraction of a full circle that the Ferris wheel needs to turn in order to appear the very same as it does right now? How many degrees of rotation would that be?
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Draw the lines of symmetry for each regular polygon. Fill in the table, including an expression for the number of lines of symmetry in an
Number of Sides | Number of Lines of Symmetry |
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Draw all of the diagonals in each regular polygon. Fill in the table and find a pattern. Is the pattern linear, exponential, or neither? How do you know? Attempt to find an expression for the number of diagonals in an
Number of Sides | Number of Diagonals |
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Find the angle(s) of rotation that will carry the
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What are the angles of rotation for a
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What are the angles of rotation for a
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A regular polygon has rotational symmetry for an angle of
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A regular polygon has rotation symmetry for an angle of
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Reflect point
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Reflect point
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Reflect triangle
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Reflect parallelogram
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Given triangle
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Given parallelogram