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What platonic solid is a pyramid?

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The platonic solids are: a tetrahedron, a cube, an octahedron, dodecahedron and icosahedron.

A pyramid has a base with triangles attached to it with a common vertex.

The platonic solid that is a pyramid is a tetrahedron (a triangular based pyramid).

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It is a tetrahedron.

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