It has six faces because in greek,hexi means six.
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6 lateral faces.
A hexagonal prism has 8 faces: 2 hexagonal bases and 6 rectangular lateral faces. The rectangular faces are perpendicular to the hexagonal bases. Therefore, there are 6 perpendicular faces in a hexagonal prism.
There are 18 of them with 8 faces and 12 vertices
A hexagonal prism has a total of 12 sides. It consists of two hexagonal bases, each with 6 sides, and 6 rectangular lateral faces connecting the corresponding sides of the hexagons. Therefore, the total is 6 (from one hexagon) + 6 (from the other hexagon) + 6 (from the lateral faces) = 12 sides.
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