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Can someone help me find the answer to the following?

Can someone help me find the answer to the following?-example-1
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To solve this, we'll use Euler's Polyhedral formula.

This formula states that in any polyhedron, the number of vertices V, faces F, and edges E, satisfy:


V+F-E=2

If we solve for the edges E, we'll get:


V+F-2=E

Using the data given,


\begin{gathered} V+F-2=E \\ \rightarrow6+8-2=E \\ \rightarrow12=E \end{gathered}

We get that the polyhedron would have 12 edges

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