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October 24th, 2009, 01:27 PM
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A polyhedron has 33 edges and 20 faces. How many vertices does it have? |
October 24th, 2009, 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by bball20  A polyhedron has 33 edges and 20 faces. How many vertices does it have? | Euler's polyhedron formula |
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That is what I was thinking, but how do i do it because I am missing the vertices...
V - E + F = v- 33 + 20= ? =2
would it be 51 |
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Originally Posted by bball20 That is what I was thinking, but how do i do it because I am missing the vertices...
V - E + F = v- 33 + 20= ? =2
would it be 51 | brush up on your algebra/arithmetic ...
V - 33 + 20 = 2
V - 13 = 2
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