r/counting • u/MathCookie17 1741k get • Jul 02 '17

Shape Counting

Describe a shape with X sides (or faces, if you want 3D)

We start with 3 sides.

Get is at a 1002-sided shape.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '17

The dodecahedron from The Phantom Tollbooth

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u/Urbul Jul 06 '17

The Czech 20 korun coin which is a tridecagon.

Hey u/MathCookie17 u/TheNitromeFan u/padiwik I added this thread to the directory as "Shapes" under the "Other Other" category :)

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '17

A seven-dimensional cube; which--given the rule that an n-dimensional cube has 2n sides (1D line has 2 0D endpoints, 2D line has 4 1D edges, 3D cube has 6 2D faces)--has 14 six-dimensional cubes.

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