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Platonic Solids
A platonic solid is a convex Polyhedron that satisfy these three characteristics:
- Made up of regular polygons.
- All faces are congruent.
- All corners are congruent.
- The same number of faces meet at every vertex.
3 Platonic solids are made of equilateral triangles
tetrahedron, octahedron, icosahedron
One platonic solid is made of squares, a cube.
One platonic solid is made of pentagons, a dodecahedron.
Here are the 5 platonic solids and their characteristics.
Cube
- 3 squares at each corner.
- 6 square faces.
Tetrahedron
- 3 equilateral triangles at each corner.
- 4 triangle faces.
Octahedron
- 4 equilateral triangles at each corner
- 8 triangle faces
Icosahedron
- 5 equilateral triangles at each corner
- 20 triangle faces
Dodecahedron
- 3 pentagons at each corner
- 12 pentagon faces
Platonic Solids
Platonic Solids