Platonic Solids Formulas
Edge: a
Radius of inscribed circle: r
Radius of circumscribed circle: R
Surface area: S
Volume: V
There are five Platonic Solids
The platonic solids are convex polyhedral with equivalent faces composed of congruent convex regular polygons.
Solid | Number of Vertices | Number of Edges | Number of Faces | Section |
Tetrahedron | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3.25 |
Cube | 8 | 12 | 6 | 3.22 |
Octahedron | 6 | 12 | 8 | 3.27 |
Icosahedron | 12 | 30 | 20 | 3.27 |
Dodecahedron | 20 | 30 | 12 | 3.27 |
Octahedron
1. r =
2. R =
3. S =
4. V =
Icosahedron
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Dodecahedron
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