Hexahedron
Polyhedron with six faces.
Properties
- The cube is one of the five Platonic solids.
- A cube has 8 vertices, 12 edges and 6 faces.
Formula
- The area A of a regular hexahedron with an edge length of a is:
[latex]A=6a^{2}[/latex]
- The volume V of a regular hexahedron with an edge length of a is:
[latex]V=a^{3}[/latex].
Examples
- A cube is a regular hexahedron:
- Examples of irregular hexahedra:
