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Question
Regular octahedron has 8 congruent faces which are isosceles triangles.
Options
True
False
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Solution
This statement is False.
Explanation:
A regular octahedron is obtained by joining two congruent square pyramids such that the vertices of the two square pyramids coincide. It has eight congruent equilateral triangular faces.
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