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The cover of a soccer ball consists of interlocking regular pentagons and regular hexagons. Why can’t they be interlocked in this pattern to tile a floor?
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The cover of a soccer ball consists of interlocking regular pentagons and regular hexagons. Why can’t they be interlocked in this pattern to tile a floor?

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It's the wrong shape.

Explanation:

As you can imagine, a soccer ball is in the general shape of a sphere. Therefore, as a flat sheet, this would not be able to conform to a regular shape for tiling.

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