alleryWhich polyhedron has twelve faces?
AOctahedron
BDodecahedron
CIcosahedron
DTetrahedron
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Dodecahedron
1. Dodeca- means twelve, so a dodecahedron has twelve faces.
2. An octahedron has eight faces and an icosahedron twenty.
3. A tetrahedron has only four.
_Source: Wikipedia, Polyhedron, section Number of faces_
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