Symmetric Sunflower
The above picture shows a beautiful example of
fractal flame
which is a type of
fractal art
. The image is aptly titled "Sunflower Glory."
How many axes of symmetry are present in the image "Sunflower Glory"?
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1 solution
Solution 1 There are 12 petals in this sunflower. There will be 6 axes passing through two opposite petals and 6 more axes passing from between the petals. Thus there are a total of 1 2 axes of symmetry.
Solution 2 The number of axes of symmetry in this sunflower is equal to the number of axes of symmetry of 1 2 sided regular polygon. As discussed in the "Recognizing Symmetry" section of Symmetry , an n -sided regular polygon has n axes of symmetry.
Solution 3 We can also count the number of axes of symmetry by drawing all of them. We see that there are 1 2 axes of symmetry.