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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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An interesting link (non-regular)

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http://www.susqu.edu/facstaff/b/brakke/kelvin/kelvin.html

Posted by Jer on 2004-05-03 09:43:05

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