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Example Questions
Example Question #31 : 3 Dimensional Geometry
How many faces does a polyhedron with nine vertices and sixteen edges have?
By Euler's Formula, the relationship between the number of vertices , the number of faces , and the number of edges of a polyhedron is
Set and and solve for :
The polyhedron has nine faces.
Example Question #3 : Faces, Face Area, And Vertices
How many edges does a polyhedron with eight vertices and twelve faces have?
Insufficient information is given to answer the question.
By Euler's Formula, the relationship between the number of vertices , the number of faces , and the number of edges of a polyhedron is
Set and and solve for :
The polyhedron has eighteen edges.
Example Question #5 : Faces, Face Area, And Vertices
How many faces does a polyhedron with ten vertices and fifteen edges have?
Insufficient information is given to answer the question.
By Euler's Formula, the relationship between the number of vertices , the number of faces , and the number of edges of a polyhedron is
Set and and solve for :
The polyhedron has seven faces.
Example Question #6 : Faces, Face Area, And Vertices
How many faces does a polyhedron with ten vertices and sixteen edges have?
By Euler's Formula, the relationship between the number of vertices , the number of faces , and the number of edges of a polyhedron is
Set and and solve for :
The polyhedron has eight faces.
Example Question #4 : Faces, Face Area, And Vertices
A convex polyhedron with eighteen faces and forty edges has how many vertices?
The number of vertices, edges, and faces of a convex polygon——are related by the Euler's formula:
Therefore, set and solve for :
The polyhedron has twenty-four faces.
Example Question #5 : Faces, Face Area, And Vertices
How many edges does a polyhedron with fourteen vertices and five faces have?
By Euler's Formula, the relationship between the number of vertices , the number of faces , and the number of edges of a polyhedron is
.
Set and and solve for :
The polyhedron has seventeen edges.
Example Question #1 : 3 Dimensional Axes And Coordinates
Which of the following numbers comes closest to the length of line segment in three-dimensional coordinate space whose endpoints are the origin and the point ?
Use the three-dimensional version of the distance formula:
The closest of the five choices is 7.
Example Question #2 : 3 Dimensional Axes And Coordinates
A line segment in three-dimensional space has midpoint ; has midpoint .
has Cartesian coordinates ; has Cartesian coordinates . Give the -coordinate of .
The midpoint formula for the -coordinate
will be applied twice, once to find the -coordinate of , then again to find that of .
First, set , the -coordinate of , and , the -coordinate of , and solve for , the -coordinate of :
Now, set , the -coordinate of , and , the -coordinate of , and solve for , the -coordinate of :
Example Question #3 : 3 Dimensional Axes And Coordinates
A line segment in three-dimensional space has endpoints with Cartesian coordinates and . To the nearest tenth, give the length of the segment.
Use the three-dimensional version of the distance formula:
Example Question #4 : 3 Dimensional Axes And Coordinates
A pyramid is positioned in three-dimensional space so that its four vertices are located at the points with coordinates , and the origin. Give the volume of this pyramid.
The three segments that connect the origin to the other points are all contained in one of the -, -, and - axes. Thus, this figure can be seen as a pyramid with, as its base, a right triangle in the -plane with vertices , and the origin, and, as its altitude, the segment with the origin and as its endpoints.
The segment connecting the origin and is one leg of the base and has length 6; the segment connecting the origin and is the other leg of the base and has length 9; the area of the base is therefore
The segment connecting the origin and is the altitude; its length - the height of the pyramid - is 12.
The volume of the pyramid is