Not a collage kid but got a new idea

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Michael D'Urso - 14 Apr 2008 18:20 GMT

well i'm a 16 year old kid still in high school and i think i found a new formula but my teachers think its irrelavant but i thing otherwise

Eb = # of edges on a base
Ef = # of edges on a face
E = # of edges

this formula works only for prisms and pyramids

Eb(Ef-1)=E

This one works for the dodecahedron and icosahedron

Eb(Ef-1)+(2Eb)=E

I need an opinion to know if its relevant

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Christopher Henrich - 15 Apr 2008 12:57 GMT

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> well i'm a 16 year old kid still in high school and i think i found a new
> formula but my teachers think its irrelavant but i thing otherwise
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> I need an opinion to know if its relevant

There are difficulties.

For prisms and pyramids, different faces have different numbers of
edges. so "Ef" might have different values.

For the dodecahedron and icosahedron, Ef is well-defined, but what is Eb?

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Searching for a relation between V, E, and F - the numbers of vertices,
edges, and faces of a polyhedron - might be a better way.

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Michael D'Urso - 15 Apr 2008 20:25 GMT

To what i know there really isn't a base for it except parallel plains make a base except pyramids

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Michael D'Urso - 15 Apr 2008 20:25 GMT

Eb = # of edges on a base
Ef = # of edges on a face
E = # of edges
F= # of faces

this formula works only for prisms and pyramids

Eb(Ef-1)=E

This one works for the dodecahedron and octahedron

Eb(Ef-1)+(2Eb)=E

For laughs works on the icosahedron

F+10=E

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Not a collage kid but got a new idea