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  1. 05-Feb-2012, 15:39 #1
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    Default symmetric to or symmetric on

    Is it correct to say ' P is symmetric on the x -axis' or ' is symmetric to the x-axis'?
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    Default Re: symmetric to or symmetric on

    Neither makes any sense to me. An axis may be symmetric about a point,
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    Default Re: symmetric to or symmetric on

    Generally we talk about something being symmetric with something else.
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    Default Re: symmetric to or symmetric on

    Have you got an image of the graph that you could post?
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