A figure is said to have a line symmetry when _____:

We can fold a picture in half such that the right and left halves match exactly

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The two halves are mirror images of each other

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The two halves are not the mirror images of each other

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None of these

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The correct options are
A
We can fold a picture in half such that the right and left halves match exactly

B
The two halves are mirror images of each other

A figure is said to have a line symmetry when we can fold a picture along a line through its centre such that the right and left halves match exactly or the two halves are mirror images of each other.

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