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UKMT Senior Mathematical Challenge, 2024

Geometry Difficulty 3.0 AMC 10/12 Find the answer United Kingdom

One face of a solid polyhedron is an octagon. What is the smallest possible number of edges the solid could have?

(A) $9$ (B) $10$ (C) $12$ (D) $16$ (E) $24$

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