That all depends on the type of faces a prism has. Then, you should have at most 3 pairs of congruent faces on the opposite sides of the prism.
It should have a pair of congruent pentagons. Of the five faces along the axes all, some or none may be congruent.
The six sides of the prism are mutually congruent if the hexagon is a regular one. One base is also congruent to the opposite base. ----------------- (The illustration is an octagonal 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.
A square prism has six faces.
A rectangular prism has 3 pairs of congruent faces
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That all depends on the type of faces a prism has. Then, you should have at most 3 pairs of congruent faces on the opposite sides of the prism.
Six ^>^* * * * *A triangular prism has only five faces so the above answer is clearly nonsense. It need have only two [traingular] faces that are congruent. The remaining, rectangular faces need not be.
Three pairs.
It should have a pair of congruent pentagons. Of the five faces along the axes all, some or none may be congruent.
The six sides of the prism are mutually congruent if the hexagon is a regular one. One base is also congruent to the opposite base. ----------------- (The illustration is an octagonal prism.)
A triangular prism always has 5 sides. It has two triangular bases and 3 rectangular faces. If the bases are not congruent it is called an oblique prism.
The minimum numbers of congruent faces are as follows: On an equilateral triangular prism: one pair of triangles On a right equilateral triangular prism: one pair of triangles and one triplet of rectangles.
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.
In geometry, a prism is a term used to describe a polyhedron with a pair of parallel and congruent polygonal base and a number of rectangular faces linking the two bases. A prism whose base is a polygon with n-sides (or vertices) has n+2 faces, 2n vertices and 3n edges, where n >= 3.
A rectangle has 4 faces: 2 long faces and 2 short faces.