what's an example of a figure that has exactly 2 axes of symmetry?

Answer 1

An oval.

The oval is not symmetrical around its minor or major axis, but if you bisect it though the long axis then you get symmetry, of two shapes. If you bisect it through the short axis then you will again get two symmetrical shapes, but they will be different ones.

If you bisect a circle then you can create two symmetrical shapes, but you can do that an infinite number of times. Only the oval will allow you to do it twice and only twice with 2 different axes that produce different shapes.

You can form a polygon similar to an oval, but that would just be making an oval out of straight lines.

If you have an equilateral triangle then you can run a line from the center of one line to the center of the opposing angle and create 3 axis of symmetry, but each axis will create the same two shapes.

Kayleigh is correct, but is the number "8" a figure, or is it an abstract representation of a number? I think that it is the latter therefore it is not a named shape like a circle, a square, or a dodecahedron. If you turn the figure 8 on its side then you would get the SYMBOL for infinity and you can make the same statement, but that is a figure.

Oh, the 2nd example is the rectangle, which is a squared off oval. Or the oval is an organic shaped rectangle. You decide.

Answer 2

3

Answer 3

The number 8

Answer 4

The figure 8.

Answer 5

A circle has infinitely-many, since any line through its center is an axis of symmetry. A rectangle can be twirled through its middles, so a rectangle has two symmetries.

I dunno...just bored, I guess...

Answer 6

wouldn't a rhombus or square. Anything that can be divided in two equal halfs twice like the number 8

Answer 7

the letter X

Answer 8

nothing...everything in the world has density whether u can see it or not...everything has an x,y and z axis