Perplexing Polyhedron

Ramani Aswath
@ramani-VR4O43 โ€ข Oct 26, 2024

Can you picture a solid pyramid consisting of a square base and four equilateral triangles, alongside a solid tetrahedron with four faces identical to those of the pyramid's triangles? Now glue one triangle face of the pyramid to a triangle on the tetrahedron. How many faces does the resultant polyhedron have? It's not seven! (One of Martin Gardner's puzzles)

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  • Ramani Aswath

    @ramani-VR4O43 • Sep 30, 2015

    The answer can be seen here:
    <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/ybqtj10jt5heufq/Pradoc.docx?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dropbox - Pradoc.docx - Simplify your life</a>