Is every finite CW complex is homotopic to simplicial complex?

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Is every finite CW complex is homotopy equivalent to a simplicial complex?

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This is theorem 2C.5 p.182 from Hatcher's Algebraic Topology:

Every CW complex X is homotopy equivalent to a simplicial complex, which can be chosen to be of the same dimension as X, finite if X is finite, and countable if X is countable.