Question
Show that Euler’s formula holds for the polyhedra described in A right pentagonal prism
Answers
Reiny
Make a sketch of a pentagon.
Draw another identical pentagon slightly offset.
Join corresponding vertices.
You don't have to be an artist but it should look like a pentagonal prism.
Draw all hidden lines as dotted lines.
Count all edges, faces and vertices and see if Euler's formula applies.
Draw another identical pentagon slightly offset.
Join corresponding vertices.
You don't have to be an artist but it should look like a pentagonal prism.
Draw all hidden lines as dotted lines.
Count all edges, faces and vertices and see if Euler's formula applies.