Is the following set polyhedral at all of its points?

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I'm trying to understand the following definition:

Let $x \in A \subset \mathbb R^n$. We say that $A$ is polyhedral at $x$ iff there is a neighborhood $U$ of $x$ and a polyhedron $B$ such that $A \cap U = A \cap B$.

Let $A = \{x \in \mathbb R^n: \sum_{i=1}^n x_i = 1, \ x_i \geq 0\}$.

Is $A$ polyhedral at each of its points?

Intuitively, it seems to me like the answer should be yes: $A$ is a convex polytope, which is just a special kind of polyhedron, and polyhedra should be polyhedral at each of their points (right?). I'm not really sure how to formally prove this from the definition though.

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Edited (seems the in the equality of the question was actually $A\cap U=A\cap B$, although that seems strange to me).

Your set $A$ is a polyhedron, because it is the intersection of $\sum_{i=1}^n x_i \geq 1$, $\sum_{i=1}^n x_i \leq 1$, and $x_i\geq0$.

Thus, for every point $x$ of $A$ and nhood $U$ of $x$, you can pick $U=\mathbb{R}^n$ and $B=A$ and you have $A\cap U=B\cap A$, that is, $A$ is polyhedral at $x$.