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When an octahedron is truncated from every corner at a distance a4 (a = side length of octahedral). What is the difference in the number of hexagonal faces and square faces created after truncation?

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Every triangular face of octahedron is converted to an hexagonal face and every corner is converted to a square planar face after truncation.
Since, octahedron contains 8 triangular faces and 6 corners, so difference in number of hexagonal to square faces = 8 - 6 = 2

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