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#1 2005-04-24 22:36:20
- Vulcan
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solids
i'm having trouble proving what a vertice is. can you give me a correct definition?
one day, i couldn't find my hat
then it occured to me that i didn't have one
so i didn't where it!!!
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#2 2005-04-24 22:43:27
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Re: solids
Vertices: Plural of vertex
The vertex is just a corner point.
A cube has 8 vertices.
An egyptian pyramid would have 5 (one at the top, and each corner of the base)
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
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