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A flat ball? (Posted on 2004-04-08)

Soccer balls are usually covered with a design based on regular pentagons and hexagons.

How many pentagons/hexagons MUST there be, and why?

See The Solution Submitted by Federico Kereki

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12 pentagons and 20 hexagons. I looked on my size 5 ball and a ball a lot smaller and there was 12 pentagons and 20 hexagons on both. But I'm not sure it has to be this way.

Edited on April 8, 2004, 3:41 pm

Posted by Billy Bob on 2004-04-08 15:37:57

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