How many lines of symmetry does a parallelogram have?

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Zor Shekhtman
Nov 20, 2015

General parallelogram has no lines of symmetry.
Some specific types of parallelogram do. See below.

Explanation:

Rhombus is a special type of parallelogram and it has two lines of symmetry - its diagonals.
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Rectangle, which is not a square, has two lines of symmetry - two lines going through the midpoints of opposite sides.
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Square is a special type of parallelogram with four lines of symmetry - two diagonals and two lines going through the midpoints of opposite sides.
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