How to find the surface area of a polyhedron

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PSAT Math › How to find the surface area of a polyhedron

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A regular octahedron has eight congruent faces, each of which is an equilateral triangle.

A given octahedron has edges of length five inches. Give the total surface area of the octahedron.

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A regular icosahedron has twenty congruent faces, each of which is an equilateral triangle.

The total surface area of a given regular icosahedron is 400 square centimeters. To the nearest tenth of a centimeter, what is the length of each edge?

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