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Why are the only five platonic solids?
it wouldn't really make much sense if there were only 4 or 6.
Where does the name platonic solid come from?
The Name Platonic solid Comes from Plato the second main reseacher of the five solids. Pythagoras was the one discovered the platonic solids
Which platonic solids are prisms?
A cube is the only platonic solid which is a prism.
What does each platonic solid represent?
Platonic solids are 3D shapes formed using only regular shapes. Only 1 type of regular shape is used to make a platonic solid. Platonic solids are the simplest and purest form of 3D shapes.
Is a cube the only prism which is a Platonic solid?
No; platonic solids are tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron.
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