An octahedron composed by eight equilateral triangles.

Polyhedron with eight faces, all of them equilateral triangles. It has twelve edges and six vertices. It is a Platonic solid as its faces are congruent regular polygons.

The surface area of a octahedron with edge length aa is given by the formula:

Surface area=23a2\text{Surface area}=2 \sqrt{3}a^2

The volume of a octahedron with edge length aa is given by the formula:

Volume=23a3\text{Volume}=\frac{\sqrt{2}}{3}a^3

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