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Hey the solutions will be posted after the contest, most likely around a couple weeks afterwords. We are not going to leak the questions to you, best of luck and I hope you get a good score.
 
  
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A rhombic dodecahedron is a solid with <math>12</math> congruent rhombus faces. At every vertex, <math>3</math> or <math>4</math> edges meet, depending on the vertex. How many vertices have exactly <math>3</math> edges meet?
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<math>\textbf{(A) }5\qquad\textbf{(B) }6\qquad\textbf{(C) }7\qquad\textbf{(D) }8\qquad\textbf{(E) }9</math>

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A rhombic dodecahedron is a solid with $12$ congruent rhombus faces. At every vertex, $3$ or $4$ edges meet, depending on the vertex. How many vertices have exactly $3$ edges meet?

$\textbf{(A) }5\qquad\textbf{(B) }6\qquad\textbf{(C) }7\qquad\textbf{(D) }8\qquad\textbf{(E) }9$