Question

Name and define the platoc solid and their characteristics

Answer 1

Platonic solid is a regular convex polyhedron with flat faces of regular polygon and of same size and shape, meeting at the same three-dimensional angles.

Examples of Platonic solids

• Pyramid (tetrahedron)
• Cube
• Octahedron
• Dodecahedron
• Icosahedron

Characteristics of Platonic Solids

Platonic solids possess the following qualities;

• Are three-dimensional i.e. polyhedron
• Are convex
• Have congruent faces
• Have congruent vertices