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Chapter 2: Platonic Solids 

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Platonic Solids is named
after Plato, not because he
invented them, but 
because he keeps on
mentioning them in his
book “The Elements”. 

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 Plato associated each of the four
elements with a regular solid.

Earth was associated with a hexahedron.

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Plato associated each of the four
elements with a regular solid.

Air with the octahedron.

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Plato associated each of the four
elements with a regular solid.

Water with the icosahedron. 

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Plato associated each of the four
elements with a regular solid.

Fire with the tetrahedron. 

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 Plato associated each of the four
elements with a regular solid.

 Heaven was associated with dodecahedron. 

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Regular
Polyhedra

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The regular polyhedra are
the best-known polyhedra
that have  connected numerous
disciplines such as astronomy,
philosophy and art. They  are
known as platonic solids. 

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 The five (5) platonic solids are;
 
❖ Tetrahedron   
❖ Hexahedron (Cube) 
❖ Octahedron 
❖ Dodecahedron 
❖Icosahedron 
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 2.2
Tetrahedron
and Its
Properties 
Tetrahedron and Its Properties 

A tetrahedron is a regular
polyhedron composed of 4
equally sized  equilateral
triangles. Tetrahedron is also
known as “Triangular
pyramid”.
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Characteristics of the Tetrahedron 

❖Number of faces: 4 
❖Number of vertices: 4 
❖Number of edges: 6

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 Tetrahedron Formula

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 Tetrahedron Formula Example

Calculate the surface area of a tetrahedron whose edge is 5cm

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Thank you
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