How many lines of symmetry are possible for an octagon? Show it with a diagram. [3 MARKS]

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Any regular octagon has 8 lines of symmetry: 4 through opposite vertices and 4 through midpoints of parallel sides. The dotted lines show that the half figure is a mirror image of the other half.

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