UKMT Grey Kangaroo, 2024

Geometry Difficulty 1.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

Julio cuts off the four corners, or vertices, of a regular tetrahedron, as shown. How many vertices does the remaining shape have?

(A) $8$ (B) $9$ (C) $11$ (D) $12$ (E) $15$

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