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A prism has a variety of bases but the sides are always parallelograms. A triangular prism has a triangle as the two bases and parallelograms as lateral sides.
A pyramid has a variety of bases but the sides are triangles.
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All prisms take their names from the shape of what?
Their base shape. For example a rectangular prism has base that is a rectangle. Guess what kind of base shape a triangular prism has? yes, triangle.
Can a prism be a pyramid?
No. Erm...kind of. One example could be a triangular prism
What shape is the base of a prism?
depends on what kind of prism.
Which has more sides pyramid or triangular prism?
depends what kind of pyramid, if its a four sided pyramid then its the same but if its a three sided pyramid then the triangular prism has more
What kind of prism has bases with three sides?
A triangular prism has a base that is a triange; a triangle has three sides.
All prisms take their names from the shape of what?
Their base shape. For example a rectangular prism has base that is a rectangle. Guess what kind of base shape a triangular prism has? yes, triangle.
What is the difference between the shape of a side view of a triangular prism and the top view of a triangular prism?
the difference between them is one side of a shape is like a cube and the other is a rectangular prism kind of pyrmid.i hope i helped you on Perspectives 16-11 Practice test.The side view is a rectangle and the top view is a triangle.Enter
How many bases does a prism have?
It depends on what kind of prism you mean. For example, a rectangular prism has 6 bases and a triangular prism has 5 bases. A triangular prism only has two bases.
Can a prism be a pyramid?
No. Erm...kind of. One example could be a triangular prism
What is a 3-dimensional geometric shape that has a total of 5 faces with 2 faces being triangles and the other 3 faces being rectangles?
That shape is called a triangular prism. A prism is made of rectangles arranged in a tube with any 2D shape at the ends. This shape determines what kind of prism it is, you can get pentagonal, hexagonal, and many other types of prism.
What is the shape of the prism base?
It depends what kind of prism: Rectangular prism-rectangle Could be circle too. It depends on what kind of prism it is. If it is a rectangular prism, it's base is a rectangle. If it's a triangular prism, it's base will be a triangle. P.S.-If you have any other questions about prisms or geometry in general, feel free to ask me!
What kind of polygon is included in both a net of a triangular prism and a net of a rectangular prism?
trinangleular prism
A is one kind of four sided figure?
Its a triangular prism.
What shape is the base of a prism?
depends on what kind of prism.
Which has more sides pyramid or triangular prism?
depends what kind of pyramid, if its a four sided pyramid then its the same but if its a three sided pyramid then the triangular prism has more
What kind of prism has bases with three sides?
A triangular prism has a base that is a triange; a triangle has three sides.
What happens when a ray hits a triangular prism?
it will depend on what kind of prisim ( transparent)
