Hexahedron

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:

\(A=6a^{2}\)

  • The volume V of a regular hexahedron with an edge length of a is:

\(V=a^{3}\).

Examples

  • A cube is a regular hexahedron:

  • Examples of irregular hexahedra:

HexahedronA

HexahedronB

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