A playground has a dome climber for kids to play on. The geodesic dome is made of 35 triangles and 1 decahedron base. It has 26 vertices. How many of the metal rods are needed to build the dome climber? (How many edges)
Q. A playground has a dome climber for kids to play on. The geodesic dome is made of 35 triangles and 1 decahedron base. It has 26 vertices. How many of the metal rods are needed to build the dome climber? (How many edges)
Counting Triangles and Edges: Each triangle has 3 edges, but each edge is shared by 2 triangles. So, we need to count the edges of the triangles and then divide by 2 to avoid double-counting.Calculation: 35 triangles ×3 edges per triangle =105 edges. Then, 105 edges /2=52.5 edges.
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