The document discusses several families of Platonic solids including the 5 Platonic solids (tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron), 13 semi-regular Platonic solids, cuboctahedron family, and cosidodecahedron family. It provides details on the number of faces, vertices, edges, and dihedral angles for some of the individual solids like the icosahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, cuboctahedron, truncated tetrahedron, and tetrahedron.
The document discusses several families of Platonic solids including the 5 Platonic solids (tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron), 13 semi-regular Platonic solids, cuboctahedron family, and cosidodecahedron family. It provides details on the number of faces, vertices, edges, and dihedral angles for some of the individual solids like the icosahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, cuboctahedron, truncated tetrahedron, and tetrahedron.
The document discusses several families of Platonic solids including the 5 Platonic solids (tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron), 13 semi-regular Platonic solids, cuboctahedron family, and cosidodecahedron family. It provides details on the number of faces, vertices, edges, and dihedral angles for some of the individual solids like the icosahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, cuboctahedron, truncated tetrahedron, and tetrahedron.
The document discusses several families of Platonic solids including the 5 Platonic solids (tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron), 13 semi-regular Platonic solids, cuboctahedron family, and cosidodecahedron family. It provides details on the number of faces, vertices, edges, and dihedral angles for some of the individual solids like the icosahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, cuboctahedron, truncated tetrahedron, and tetrahedron.
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The 5 Platonic Solids
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tetrahedron cube octahedron dodecahedron icosahedron The 13 Semi-Regular Platonic Solids Click on the image to get the properties. truncated tetrahedron truncated cube truncated octahedron truncated dodecahedron truncated icosahedron The Cubocta Family Click on the image to get the properties. cuboctahedron rhombicuboctahedron snub cuboctahedron truncated cuboctahedron The cosidodeca Family Click on the image to get the properties. icosidodecahedron rhombicosidodecahedron snub icosidodecahedron truncated The icosahedron is one o! the !i"e Platonic solids. #$ !aces% e&uilateral triangles 1# "ertices 3$ edges 'ihedral angles% 13( degrees) 11 minutes The octahedron is one o! the !i"e Platonic solids. ( !aces% e&uilateral triangles * "ertices 1# edges 'ihedral angles% 1$+ degrees) #( minutes The dodecahedron is one o! the !i"e Platonic solids. 1# !aces% regular pentagons #$ "ertices 3$ edges 'ihedral angles% 11* degrees) 3, minutes The cuboctahedron is created by either truncating -cutting o!!. the cube one hal! o! the /ay into each edge or by truncating the octahedron one hal! o! the /ay into each side. 1, total !aces% ( e&uilateral triangles and * s&uares 1# "ertices% # triangles and # s&uares #, edges 'ihedral angles% 1#5 degrees) 1* minutes The truncated tetrahedron is created by truncating -cutting o!!. the tips o! the tetrahedron one third o! the /ay into each edge ( total !aces% , e&uilateral triangles and , regular he0agons 1# "ertices% # he0agons and 1 triangle 1( edges 'ihedral angles% The tetrahedron is one o! the !i"e Platonic solids. , !aces% e&uilateral triangles , "ertices * edges 'ihedral angles% 1$ degrees) 3# minute