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Can the diagonals of a rectangle be lines of symmetry for the rectangle?

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Solution

The correct option is B No
A rectangle is a quadrilateral with 2 diagonals. The diagonals of a rectangle cannot be its line of symmetry because, on reflecting along the diagonals, shapes of reflected half and other would not be identical.



So, option (b) is correct.

A rectangle has 2 lines of symmetry, 1 vertical and 1 horizontal as follows:


On reflecting along these lines we will get perfectly matching pairs.



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