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Visualising Solid Shapes

The document explains the definitions and characteristics of prisms and pyramids, highlighting that they are named based on the shape of their base. It introduces Euler's formula, F + V - E = 2, which relates the number of faces, vertices, and edges of a polyhedron. An example using a cube is provided to verify the formula.

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Visualising Solid Shapes

The document explains the definitions and characteristics of prisms and pyramids, highlighting that they are named based on the shape of their base. It introduces Euler's formula, F + V - E = 2, which relates the number of faces, vertices, and edges of a polyhedron. An example using a cube is provided to verify the formula.

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Visualising Solid Shapes

 A prism is a polyhedron whose base and top are congruent polygons and whose lateral
faces are parallelograms in shape.

For example:

 A pyramid is a polyhedron whose base is a polygon (of any number of sides) and whose
lateral faces are triangles with a common vertex.

For example:

Note: A prism or a pyramid is named subsequent to the shape of its base. For instance,
pentagonal prism and pentagonal pyramid are named after their base, pentagon.

 For any polyhedron, F + V – E = 2, where F is the number of faces, V is the number of


vertices and E is the number of edges.

This relationship is called Euler’s formula.

Example: Verify Euler’s formula for the given solid.

Solution: The given figure is a cube.

We have

Number of vertices, V = 8
Number of edges, E = 12

Number of faces, F = 6

Thus, F + V – E = 6 + 8 – 12 = 14 – 12 = 2

Hence, Euler’s formula is verified.

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