Question

What type of polygon would a slice of a hexahedron at a vertex create? Explain. What type of polygon would a slice of an icosahedron at a vertex create? Explain.

Answer 1

• hexahedron: triangle or quadrilateral or pentagon
• icosahedron: quadrilateral or pentagon

Explanation:

Hexahedron

A hexahedron has 6 faces. A regular hexahedron is a cube. 3 square faces meet at each vertex.

If the hexahedron is not regular, depending on how those faces are arranged, a slice near a vertex may intersect 3, 4, or 5 faces. The first attachment shows 3- and 4-edges meeting at a vertex. If those two vertices were merged, then there would be 5 edges meeting at the vertex of the resulting pentagonal pyramid.

A slice near a vertex may create a triangle, quadrilateral, or pentagon.

Icosahedron

An icosahedron has 20 faces. The faces of a regular icosahedron are all equilateral triangles. 5 triangles meet at each vertex.

If the icosahedron is not regular, depending on how the faces are arranged, a slice near the vertex may intersect from 3 to 19 faces.

A slice near a vertex may create a polygon of 3 to 19 sides..