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3 or 4 triangles, depending on whether it's a triangular or square base.

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How many lateral faces do pyramids have?

Three or more, as many as the number of sides of the base. Pyramids can have base that are triangles, squares rectangles, or any planar polygon.


Why are the pyramids so triangular?

Because if their lateral faces were not triangular they would not be called pyramids!


Why are pyramids 3 sided?

pyramids have a triangular base. As a triangle has three sides, the pyramid will have three sides. Although you can get square based pyramids which have four sides. ---------------------------------------------- The Egyptian pyramids are 4 sided not 3 sided.


What does the math term lateral mean?

Lateral refers to the sides.


what is the lateral of the pig?

"Lateral" means "away from the midline", so the lateral aspects of a pig would be the sides, such as the point of the shoulder, the point of the rump, and the sides of the ribcage.


What organs lie on the superior lateral sides of the diaphragm?

The lungs lie on the superior lateral sides of the diaphragm.


Do pyramids and cones have curved surfaces?

Cones have curved lateral surface, pyramids don't.


How many lateral faces are in nonagonal prism?

Nine lateral sides,


What happens to the lateral sides of a pyramid when the height of the pyramid is increased and the size of the base is decreased?

The lateral sides get taller and narrower. (:


What are lateral sides?

They are straight lines that form the sides of a polygon.


What are the non-parallel sides of a trapazoid called?

They are the lateral sides or the transverse sides.


What does lateral mean mathematically?

Lateral means side, quadrilateral (4 sides)