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Lines of symmetry of a circle

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The question

Question: how many lines of symmetry does a circle have?

1 Try the folds

Fold a circle along any line through its center: the halves always match.

So there is no end to them: no answer as a number.

Every line through the center is a line of symmetry.

lines of symmetry : endless
Answer
lines of symmetry : endless

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