Regular Hexagon and Rotational Symmetry
Look at the regular (all of the sides are congruent and all of the angles are congruent) hexagon below. It will rotate and show you how many places it can stop and look like a the original hexagon. You can tell that it is moving in a clockwise manner by finding the corner that is marked for your convenience.
The order is 6 and the magnitude of rotation is 60 degrees.
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These symmetry pages have been brought to you by Nancy Powell, a TeachNet Web Mentor from Bloomington High School, Bloomington, IL.
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