homework help ASAP!

[94f450sd]

this is my wifes 10 year old daughters homework.

wich 2 points would be both on the line of symmetry for the shaded figure shown on the grid?

i say its Y and Z but the wife says W and X

 

[94f450sd]

im thinkin more like M and R.

 

[jharvey]

I'll take a stab w/x

see here......http://www.linkslearning.org/Kids/1_Math/2_Illustrated_Lessons/4_Line_Symmetry/index.html

 

[jvencius]

W-X is the right answer. If you picture the figure as being a sheet of paper that you fold along the line of symmetry, when you actually fold it, both corners and edges must line up exactly for that line to be a line of symmetry. If you "fold" the figure along M-R or Y-Z, there might be an edge or a corner that lines up, but not ALL edges and ALL corners. If, however, you "fold" the figure along W-X, both corners and edges will line up and so W-X is the only line of symmetry for that figure.

 

[94f450sd]

ok guess im wrong as usual

 

[BigDaveZJ]

W&X

 

[jvencius]

ok guess im wrong as usual

Noted and recorded for later quoting as of 1910 on 26 Feb 2007.

 

[jharvey]

Rich...when she comes home and starts asking about the Golden Ratio or Fibonacci Sequence...don't go balistic it quite simple really.....

Golden ratio

 

[BamaSixGun]

what happened to 1+1=2??? that is the extent of my math knowledge.

 

[Dieselpwrdredneck]

Just wait till calculus(i think i spelled it right) comes along.......