Regular Hexahedron or Cube


A cube or regular hexahedron is a regular polyhedron composed of 6 equal squares.
Characteristics of a Cube
Number of faces: 6.
Number of vertices: 8.
Number of edges: 12.
Number of concurrent edges at a vertex: 3.
Surface Area of a Cube
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Volume of a Cube
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Diagonal of a Cube

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Example
Calculate the diagonal, the lateral area, suface area and volume of a cube with an edge of 5 cm.

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