Compounding Platonic Solids

Geometry Level 3

What platonic solid can you construct from an octahedron and four tetrahedra?

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Geoff Pilling by Geoff Pilling , 53, USA

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Geoff Pilling
Apr 14, 2016

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Playing devil's advocate, why can't the other polyhedra be formed?

Calvin Lin Staff - 5 years, 2 months ago

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Ah, good point... Lemme think about how to best show that this is the only one...

Geoff Pilling - 5 years, 2 months ago

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