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Pentagonal trapezohedron
Typetrapezohedra
Faces10 kites
Edges20
Vertices12
Face configuration5,3,3,3
Symmetry groupD5d
Dual polyhedronpentagonal antiprism
Propertiesconvex, face-uniform

The pentagonal trapezohedron or deltohedron is the third in an infinite series of face-uniform polyhedra which are dual polyhedron to the antiprisms. It has ten faces which are congruent kites.

Uses


Most hobby games stores sell dice of this shape, which are often referred to as "d10" in tabletop gaming. Two of them, either of different colours or one labelled 00-90, are often used to generate random numbers in the range 01-100 by using one die as "tens" and the other as "units". Two zeros, or a 0 and a 00, are usually taken to mean 100.

 

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