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Each face is what polygon on a octahedron?
A regular octahedron is one of the platonic solids. Each of its faces is an equilateral triangle.
Why is a truncated octahedron called a truncated octahedron?
Start with an octahedron in the form of a quadrilateral based dipyramid a regular octahedron is a special case of this). This shape has six vertices - chop these off so as to remove a quadrilateral based pyramid. You will be left with a truncated octahedron. It is an octahedron which has been truncated (shortened) by cutting off its extremities.
What is a polyhedron with eight sides that are equilateral triangles?
A regular octahedron.
What is an eight sided 3-D shape called?
Many options. A pentagonal prism or a regular octahedron, for example.
What are the five regular polyhedrons?
Tetrahedron, Cube Octahedron Dodecahedron Icosahedron
What two solid shapes have the same faces 2 more edges and vertics than the other?
A regular octahedron and a heptagonal pyramid.A regular octahedron and a heptagonal pyramid.A regular octahedron and a heptagonal pyramid.A regular octahedron and a heptagonal pyramid.
What is Difference between octahedron and square bipyramid?
octahedron is a regular square bipyramid but a square bipyramid can be non-regular
What does a octahedron look like?
In geometry, an octahedron is a polyhedron with eight sides. A regular octahedron is the dual polyhedron of a cube; It is a rectified tetrahedron.
What is the area of an octahedron?
The area of a regular octahedron with a side length of x is 2√3 * x²
How many faces are there in a regular octahedron?
8
How many edges does a regular octahedron?
Twelve.
How many apex does an octahedron?
A regular octahedron has 6 apexes as it can be rotated evenly as each face is congruent.
Each face is what polygon on a octahedron?
A regular octahedron is one of the platonic solids. Each of its faces is an equilateral triangle.
How many equilateral triangles does a regular octahedron has?
8
What is a polyhedron with 8 equal sides and faces are triangles?
That would be a regular octahedron. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octahedron
Why is a truncated octahedron called a truncated octahedron?
Start with an octahedron in the form of a quadrilateral based dipyramid a regular octahedron is a special case of this). This shape has six vertices - chop these off so as to remove a quadrilateral based pyramid. You will be left with a truncated octahedron. It is an octahedron which has been truncated (shortened) by cutting off its extremities.
What is a polyhedron with eight sides that are equilateral triangles?
A regular octahedron.
