Cody H.

asked • 04/26/16

What is the name of a three-dimensional object with 10 equal sides where the top and bottom are parallel but not equal in size

The base and top are parallel decagons and the shape has 10 equal sides but the top and bottom are not the same size and I need the name of the object

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Mark M. answered • 04/26/16

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If it has 10 equal faces and 2 unequal faces it has a total of 12 faces.
A polyhedron of 12 faces is a dodecahedron.
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Cody H.

Deca means ten and dodeca means twenty and a hedron is a spherical object so thank you but thats wrong
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04/27/16

Mark M.

Not sure which of the Platonic solids you studied, a dodekahedron is the fifth one - a solid figure of 12 faces generally pentagonal - that means having five edges.
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