ECZ 2010 · O-Level Paper 1 — Symmetry

Describe fully the rotational symmetry of a 72-sided regular polygon with centre K.

  • A. Order 36, angle 10° about K
  • B. Order 72, angle 5° about K
  • C. Order 72, angle 72° about K
  • D. Order 5, angle 72° about K

Verified working — step 1

A regular polygon with n sides has rotational symmetry of order n about its centre, and the angle of rotation is 360n. Here order 72 and 36072= …

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