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how many lines of symmetry and rotational symmetry does a pentagon have?

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A regular pentagon has rotational symmetry. The order of its rotational symmetry is five, because it can be rotated into five different configurations that look exactly the same before returning to its original configuration. The angle of rotation for each turn is 72 degrees.
A regular pentagon has five lines of symmetry.

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