A polygonal prism has one face for each edge of the polygon, plus two faces for the ends. Example, a triangular prism has five faces.
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Polygonal Prism Actually, it is a polygonal pyramid. A polygonal prism would have two polygonal faces.
A prism has two polygonal faces at each end and these may have any number of sides, n. The prism also has n rectangular faces.
A pyramid has one polygonal base and the rest of the faces are triangles. A prism has two congruent polygonal bases and the other faces are rectangles.
A prism is a polyhedron - a 3-dimensional shape with polygonal faces. It has two identical and parallel polygonal faces that are "joined together" by rectangular faces. A prism whose bases are n-sided polygons has 2n vertices, n+2 faces and 3n edges.
a polygonal prism or a polygond