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1. The corresponding edges of two regular tetrahedrons are 1 cm and 3 cm. If the sum of the weights of the two tetrahedrons is 100 grams
and both solids are made up of the same material, find the weights of the bigge solid.

2. The areas of two similar tetrahedrons are 24 sq. in. and 96 sq. in. Find the ratio of their volumes.

3. The weight of a piece of crystal in the form of a regular dodecahedron is 360 1b., and each of its edges is 10 inches long. What is the
weight of a similar piece of crystal whose edge measures 16 on.?

4. Find the length of a diagonal of a regular octahedron if its edges measure 5 cm.

5. Find the number of edges and the number of vertices of a regular polyhedron whose number of faes, each of which is a triangle, is 20.

6. Find the total area of a regular octahedron if a diagonal measures 10 m.

7. Find the volume of a regular tetrahedron whoe altitude measures 10 cm.

8. The total area of a regular octahedron is 288(square root of 3) in 2 , Find the measure of one edge.
9. The total volume of a regular dodecahedron if the total area is 2498 ft. 2

10. Find the altitide of a regular tetrahedron whose volume is 486(square root of 2) cm 3 .

11. Find the area of a regular dodecahedron is 1672.3 sq. in. Find the lenght of an edge of the platonic solid.

12. The total area of a regular octahedron is (sqaure root of 3) m 2 , Find the total surface area and the volume of the polyhedron.

13. The edges of a tetrahedron measure 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 units. FInd the edges of a similar tetrahedron containg 27 times the volume.

14.Find what fraction of the altitude of a tetrahedron must be cut off by a plane parallel to the base of the tetrahedron such that the volume
of the cut-off tetrahedron is one tird of the original volume.
15. Verify that the volume of a regular octahedron is V = 1/6 D 3 , Where D is the diagonal of the octahedron.

16. Verify that the volume of the regular tetrahedron is V = (square root of 2)/12 s 3 , Where s is the measure of an edge of the tetrahedron.

17. Verify that the 3 diagonals of a regular octahedron are equal in length.