If the edge length of a regular dodecahedron is a, the radius of a circumscribed sphere (one that touches the dodecahedron at all

vertices) is r_u = a\frac{\sqrt{3}}{4} \left(1 + \sqrt{5}\right) \approx 1.401258538 \cdo t a OEIS A179296 and the radius of an inscribed sphere (tangent to each of the dodecahedron's fac es) is r_i = a\frac{1}{2} \sqrt{\frac{5}{2} +\frac{11}{10}\sqrt{5}} \approx 1.11351 6364 \cdot a while the midradius, which touches the middle of each edge, is r_m = a\frac{1}{4} \left(3 +\sqrt{5}\right) \approx 1.309016994 \cdot a These quantities may also be expressed as r_u = a\, \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} \varphi r_i = a\, \frac{\varphi^2}{2 \sqrt{3-\varphi}} r_m = a\, \frac{\varphi^2}{2} where is the golden ratio. Note that, given a regular pentagonal dodecahedron o edge length one, ru is the radius o a circumscribing sphere about a cube o edge length , and ri is the ap othem o a regular pentagon o edge length . Area and volume

A = 3\sqrt{25+10\sqrt{5}} a^2 \approx 20.645728807a^2 V = \ rac{1}{4} (15+7\sqrt{5}) a^3 \approx 7.6631189606a^3

The sur ace area A and the volume V o a regular dodecahedron o re:

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