Exactly two lines of symmetry

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Question from debbie, a student:

i am looking for a quadrilateral with exactly two lines of symmetry. please help! thank you.

Hello,
Any rectangle which is not square will suffice:

rectangles

Why doesn’t a square work?
Can you think of another quadrilateral that has exactly two lines of symmetry?

Tyler

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