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What has all 6 faces of solid figure are rectangles?
A rectangular prism.
What solid figure has 3 rectangular faces and 2 triangular faces?
A triangular prism.
What is a solid figure with 2 congruent triangles and 3 rectangular bases?
triangular prism
What is a three dimensional figure?
A figure that has at least 3 faces. (ex.) cube, rectangular prism, pyramid, triangular prism and stuff like that.
Which solid shape has 6 vertices?
rectangular prism
Related questions
What solid figure has 6 rectangle faces?
A figure that has 6 rectangular faces is called a rectangular prism .
What is a solid figure with triangular bases and rectangular faces called?
Triangular Prism
Which solid figure has the most vertices a triangular prism a rectangular pyramid a rectangular prism a triangular pyramid?
A rectangular prism.
What solid figure has the most vertices triangular prism rectangular prism rectangular pyramid triangular pyramid?
A rectangular prism (8).
What is a solid figure that only has rectangular faces?
A rectangular prism or cuboid.
Which solid figure has the most vertices triangular prism or rectangular prism or rectangular pyramid or triangular pyramid?
Rectangular pyramid.
Solid figure that has 6 rectangular faces?
A rectangular prism (which is a kind of hexahedron).
A solid figure that has six rectangular faces and twelve edges?
rectangular prism
What is a a solid figure whose faces are all rectangular?
A rectangular prism or a cuboid.
What solid figure looks like a brick?
Rectangular prism
What is a solid figure with 12 edges?
Cube or rectangular prism.
What is the flat surface of a solid figure?
The flat surface of a solid figure is called a face. For example, a rectangular prism has 6 flat surfaces and therefore 6 faces.
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