Commander Posted August 18, 2023 Posted August 18, 2023 Cut a Cube into six identical pieces each having nine edges !
Commander Posted August 18, 2023 Author Posted August 18, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Commander said: Cut a Cube into four identical pieces each having nine edges ! Please note it is four pieces and not six ! Error regretted !! Edited August 18, 2023 by Commander
Commander Posted August 18, 2023 Author Posted August 18, 2023 Also all the faces of the pieces must be TRIANGLES ! Sorry I forgot to mention this !
Genady Posted August 18, 2023 Posted August 18, 2023 Two triangular pyramids, not necessarily equilateral, attached at a base make a shape with triangular faces and nine edges. Trying to imagine how to put four of these shapes together.
Genady Posted August 18, 2023 Posted August 18, 2023 ChatGPT asked me to tell you this: Spoiler It's not possible to cut a cube into four identical pieces, each with 9 edges and triangular faces. A cube has 12 edges and 6 square faces. In order to create pieces with triangular faces, you would need to further subdivide the cube's faces. However, doing so will result in more than 9 edges on each piece. If you're looking to create four identical pieces with triangular faces and 9 edges, you would need a different shape or object that meets these criteria, as it cannot be achieved with a cube. Just passing the message 😉
TheVat Posted August 18, 2023 Posted August 18, 2023 (edited) Spoiler I think your shape is a "diamond" AKA two tetrahedrons put together. Put 8 tetra in a cube so each tetra shares a face with another, and you have filled cube with four diamonds. I can't quite see it, atm. ETA -guess I didn't need to hide that, seeing now Genadys post. Edited August 18, 2023 by TheVat
md65536 Posted August 18, 2023 Posted August 18, 2023 Spoiler Start at a corner, add the 3 nearest corners, and the center of the cube. Those make up the 5 points of the "diamond"...
Genady Posted August 18, 2023 Posted August 18, 2023 1 hour ago, md65536 said: Reveal hidden contents Start at a corner, add the 3 nearest corners, and the center of the cube. Those make up the 5 points of the "diamond"... Thank you. Here I've sketched it. The four shapes are 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, and 4-0, where I've numbered the opposite vertices of each: Spoiler
Commander Posted August 18, 2023 Author Posted August 18, 2023 5 hours ago, Genady said: ChatGPT asked me to tell you this: Reveal hidden contents It's not possible to cut a cube into four identical pieces, each with 9 edges and triangular faces. A cube has 12 edges and 6 square faces. In order to create pieces with triangular faces, you would need to further subdivide the cube's faces. However, doing so will result in more than 9 edges on each piece. If you're looking to create four identical pieces with triangular faces and 9 edges, you would need a different shape or object that meets these criteria, as it cannot be achieved with a cube. Just passing the message 😉 You need to chop of four corners with an equilateral triangle as the base with sides of diagonals Four of them That leaves a tetrahedron in the middle We need to cut it in four equal parts with each equilateral triangular base (four of them) and apex meeting at the center of the cube The four earlier cut pieces (cut for the sake of explanation) are merged with equal area bases of the four pieces of the tetrahedron
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