alleryHow many kinds of plane symmetry can a woven cloth exhibit?
ASeventeen
BFive
CTwelve
DThirty
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Seventeen
1. A woven cloth may show one of the seventeen kinds of plane symmetry groups.
2. This is part of the maths of folk art.
3. The other counts are not stated.
_Source: Wikipedia, Ethnomathematics, section Mathematics in folk art_
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