a triangular prism is different from a rectangular prism because: their names are different a triangular prism has a triangle for its' base a rectangular prism has a rectangle base a triangular prism has less sides than a rectangular prism a rectangular prism has more sides than a triangular prism
A prism is not so much a concept in algebra, but a geometric shape.
The volume of any prism is worked out in the same way whether it's a hexagonal prism, circular prism or a triangular prism. You just need to times the length of the prism against the area of the cross-section.
A prism has two sides that are genral polygons with n sides, and n quadrilaterals which join the two n-gons. The prism is identified by the n-gons, as an n-gonal prism. If these n-gons are in a plane at right angles to the quadrilaterals, then the quadrilaterals are all rectangles and the prism is called a right prism.
The volume of a prism is the area of the base (or the cross section of the prism that is perpendicular to the height) times the height.V = Ab * h
triangle
A prism is anything geometric figure with three dimensions. There is no regular "prism", unfortunatly. A prism needs something to describe it. A sphere, a rectangular prism, a cube, etc...
square
Dispersion is the term used to describe light splitting into different colors of the spectrum when it passes through a prism.
A triangular prism has two triangular faces and three rectangular ones.
To find the volume of a prism you first need to know the area of cross section. Then, Volume of prism = area of cross section x length.
The lateral faces will be parallelograms, and the opposite faces will be congruent. In a right prism, the lateral faces will be rectangles.
According to Websters: Prism: a polyhedron with two polygonal faces lying in parallel planes and with the other faces parallelograms. That would describe a cube. so Yes.
9 edges, 5 faces, 6 vertices
The two characteristics "hexahedron" and "rectangular faces" are sufficient.
A prism is a generic term used to describe a polyhedron with two parallel and congruent polygonal bases and a number of rectangles joining the two bases. The bases can also be curved, in which case they are joined by a curved surface. The total surface area of a prism will be 2*area of base + perimeter of base*length of prism.
My answer to that question is eight sides. * * * * * Actually, there is no single answer because a prism is a generic term which is used to describe a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel bases and a number of rectangular faces joining them. If the base is a polygon with n sides (n ≥ 3), then the corresponding prism has n+2 faces. So a prism can have 5 or more faces.