There are only 5 known regular Platonic solids and they and their properties are:-
1 Tetrahedron: (pyramid) 4 equilateral triangle faces, 6 edges and 4 vertices
2 Hexahedron (cube) 6 square faces, 12 edges and 8 vertices
3 Octahedron: 8 equilateral triangle faces, 12 edges and 6 vertices
4 Dodecahedron: 12 regular pentagon faces, 30 edges and 20 vertices
5 Icosahedron: 20 equilateral triangle faces, 30 edges and 12 vertices
All of them can be inscribed inside a sphere.
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The Platonic solids were name after the Greek philosopher Plato, who theorized that the classical elements were constructed from the regular solids.
They are regular polyhedra.
The faces of Platonic solids are regular polygons...
No, a cone is not a Platonic solid. The Platonic solids are the five regular polyhedra: tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron.
Platonic solids.