POLYHEDRON - FORMULAE

- POLYHEDRONS- . - OCTAHEDRON- . - ICOSAHEDRON-

Polyhedron are solids whose faces area plane polygons.
- TETRAHEDRON-
A tetrahedron is a polyhedron having four equal faces
each of which is an equilateral triangle.
An octahedron is a polyhedron having eight equal faces An icosahedron is a polyhedron having twenty equal
each of which is an equilateral triangle. faces each of which is an equilateral triangle.
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a a
a
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a a a
a a a a
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a Volume = 2.18a 3
2 3
Volume = a
3 Surface Area = 8.66 a 2
2 3
Volume = a Surface Area = 2 3 a 2 Raduis of Inscribed sphere , R = 0.76 a
12
Where: a = one side of an equilateral triangle.
Surface Area = 3 a2 Raduis of Inscribed sphere , R =
6
a
6
6
Raduis of Inscribed sphere , R = a Where: a = one side of an equilateral triangle.
12
2
Altitude of tetrahedon , h = a
3 - DODECAHEDRON- .
Where: a = one side of an equilateral triangle. A dodecahedron is a polyhedron having twelve equal
faces each of which is a regular pentagon.
- HEXAHEDRON- .
A hexahedron is a polyhedron having six plane faces.
a a

a a a
a

a
a
Volume = 7.66 a3
Volume = a 3
Surface Area = 20 .65 a 2
Surface Area = 6 a 2
Raduis of Inscribed sphere , R = 1.11 a
a
Raduis of Inscribed sphere , R = Where: a = one side of a regular pentagon.
2
Where: a = one side of a hexahedron.