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This document contains a student's solutions to an activity on basic concepts of solids. The activity includes: 1) Completing a table applying Euler's theorem to identify the number of faces, vertices, and edges of various solids. 2) Determining whether various 2D figures are polyhedra, and if so identifying the number of faces, vertices, and edges. 3) Solving problems connecting Platonic solids to probability, such as calculating probabilities of rolling certain numbers on dice of different shapes. The student provides explanations and calculations to solve each part of the activity. Handwritten work is provided separately.

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Activity 3.1

This document contains a student's solutions to an activity on basic concepts of solids. The activity includes: 1) Completing a table applying Euler's theorem to identify the number of faces, vertices, and edges of various solids. 2) Determining whether various 2D figures are polyhedra, and if so identifying the number of faces, vertices, and edges. 3) Solving problems connecting Platonic solids to probability, such as calculating probabilities of rolling certain numbers on dice of different shapes. The student provides explanations and calculations to solve each part of the activity. Handwritten work is provided separately.

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Name: Ileen M.

Pasores Date: June 7, 2022


Year & Section: 1st Year ME-1C Score:
[SIR, MY HANDWRITTEN SOLUTIONS ARE AT THE BOTTOM]
Activity 3.1: Basic concept of Solids

A. Complete the table using Euler’s Theorem.

Name Faces Vertices Edges

1. Rectangular Prism 6 8 12

2. Octagonal Pyramid 9 9 16

3. Regular Icosahedron 20 12 30

4. Cube 6 8 12

5. Triangular Pyramid 4 4 6

6. Octahedron 8 6 12

7. Heptagonal Prism 9 14 21

8. Triangular Prism 5 6 9

B. Determine if the following figures are polyhedra. If so, name the figure and find the
number of faces, edges, and vertices.

9 10 11

12 13 14
Polyhedron/
Name Faces Vertices Edges
Non-polyhedron

9. Polyhedron Hexagonal Pyramid 7 7 12

10. Non-polyhedron Cone

11. Polyhedron Hexagonal Prism 8 12 18

12. Non-polyhedron Hemisphere

13. Polyhedron Trapezoidal Prism 6 8 12

14. Polyhedron Staircase 10 16 24

C. Problem Solving.

15. A truncated icosahedron is a polyhedron with 12 regular pentagonal faces and 20 regular
hexagonal faces and 90 edges. This icosahedron closely resembles a soccer ball. How many
vertices does it have? Explain your reasoning.

- The truncated icosahedron has 60 vertices by using Euler’s Theorem. We add the
regular pentagonal faces and regular hexagonal faces together which is 32. Then, we
will add the edges 90 plus 2. Subtract the 32 from both sides then simplify. The result
is 60 Vertices.

For problems 16-18, we are going to connect the Platonic Solids to probability. A six sided die is
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the shape of a cube. The probability of any one side landing face up is   because each of the six
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faces is congruent to each other.

16. What shape would we make a die with 12 faces? If we number these faces 1 to 12, and each
face has the same likelihood of landing face up, what is the probability of rolling a multiple of
three?
- The shape is regular dodecahedron
- And the probability of rolling a multiple of three is 1/3
17. I have a die that is a regular octahedron. Each face is labeled with a consecutive prime
number starting with 2. What is the largest prime number on my die?
- The largest prime number on my die is 19.

18. Rebecca wants to design a new die. She wants it to have one red face. The other faces will be
yellow, blue or green. How many faces should her die have and how many of each color does it
need so that: the probability of rolling yellow is eight times the probability of rolling red, the
probability of rolling green is half the probability of rolling yellow and the probability of rolling
blue is seven times the probability of rolling red?
- 1 red face, 8 yellow faces, 7 blue faces, and 4 green faces.

SOLUTIONS:

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