What is a truncated icosahedron?
Q: What is a truncated icosahedron?
A: A truncated icosahedron is an Archimedean solid.
Q: How many faces does a regular icosahedron have?
A: A regular icosahedron has 20 faces.
Q: What happens when a regular icosahedron is truncated?
A: When a regular icosahedron is truncated, each "corner" or vertex is replaced by a pentagon as there are five edges at each corner.
Q: What is a truncated icosahedron made of?
A: A truncated icosahedron is made of 12 regular pentagons and 20 hexagons.
Q: How many vertices does a truncated icosahedron have?
A: A truncated icosahedron has 60 vertices.
Q: How many edges does a truncated icosahedron have?
A: A truncated icosahedron has 90 edges.
Q: What is the difference between a regular icosahedron and a truncated icosahedron?
A: The difference between a regular icosahedron and a truncated icosahedron is that the latter has each "corner" replaced by a pentagon, and is made of 12 regular pentagons and 20 hexagons, while the former is made of 20 faces.
