Truncated Tetrahedron

A tetrahedron has each corner cut off to produce a solid. What is the total length of the edges of this solid?
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Truncated Tetrahedron

A regular tetrahedron with edges of length 6 cm has each corner cut off to produce the solid shown.

The triangular faces are all equilateral triangles, but not necessarily the same size.

What is the total length of the edges of the resulting solid?

 

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