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sofiaharun

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Registered: 2010-03-28

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what type of polyhedron is this??????

what is the polyhedron describe by |x|+|y|+|z|=1 ????
i really have no idea how to answer this question,,,
pliz help me,,,
if u have the answer email me at sofiaharun@yahoo.com,,,
tq so much,,,

anybody plizzzzzzzzzzz help me if u know how to solve this

JaneFairfax

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Registered: 2007-02-23

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Re: what type of polyhedron is this??????

It’s an octahedron with vertices at the points (±1,0,0), (0,±1,0), (0,0,±1).

soroban

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Registered: 2007-03-09

Posts: 452

Re: what type of polyhedron is this??????

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