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One polyhedron; many polyhedra. Simple,wasn't that?

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Q: What is the difference between a polyhedron and polyhedra?
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What is the difference between prism and polyhedron?

Prisms are a subset of polyhedra (or polyhedrons!)


Is a pyramid a polyhedra?

No. A pyramid is a polyhedron. Many pyramids are polyhedra.


Is a tetrahdron a polyhedra?

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Each polyhedron is a kind of solid object. Some solid objects -- for example, a sphere or a torus -- are not polyhedra, but every solid object can be closely approximated with a polyhedra.


Is a hexagonal prism a polyhedra or a nonpolyhedra?

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What is the formula for volume of a polyhedron?

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Which 3d shapes have flat faces?

Polyhedra (singular = polyhedron).


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There are infinitely many polyhedra. There is no limit to the number of faces that a polyhedron can have. Given any polyhedron, simply cut off one vertex so that you will have a polyhedron with one more face. Also there are several versions of polyhedra with the same number of faces. A hexahedron, for example, can be a parallelepiped or a pentagon based pyramid or a triangular based dipyramid.


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