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Answer: 3
Selecting the dotted line as the line of symmetry, symmetry can be obtained by shading 3 more triangles.
The other two possible lines of symmetry would require 5 and 6 more shaded triangles.
This problem is taken from the UKMT Mathematical Challenges.
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