Rectified truncated cube explained

Faces:38:
8 equilateral triangles
24 isosceles triangles
6 octagons
Edges:72
Vertices:12+24
Symmetry: order 48
Rotation Group: order 24
Dual:Joined truncated cube
Properties:convex
Net:Rectified truncated cube net.png

In geometry, the rectified truncated cube is a polyhedron, constructed as a rectified, truncated cube. It has 38 faces: 8 equilateral triangles, 24 isosceles triangles, and 6 octagons.

Topologically, the triangles corresponding to the cube's vertices are always equilateral, although the octagons, while having equal edge lengths, do not have the same edge lengths with the equilateral triangles, having different but alternating angles, causing the other triangles to be isosceles instead.

Related polyhedra

The rectified truncated cube can be seen in sequence of rectification and truncation operations from the cube. Further truncation, and alternation operations creates two more polyhedra:

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