a pyramid comes up at a point. a prism does not
tat the pentagonal pyramid has a point at the top and the pentagonal prism is flat with out a point.
No because a pentagonal prism has a unified cross-section
A pentagonal what? A pentagonal pyramid or pentagonal prism have different numbers of vertices.
draw a pentagonal prism of side 2"
a pyramid comes up at a point. a prism does not
tat the pentagonal pyramid has a point at the top and the pentagonal prism is flat with out a point.
No because a pentagonal prism has a unified cross-section
A pentagonal what? A pentagonal pyramid or pentagonal prism have different numbers of vertices.
draw a pentagonal prism of side 2"
It could be a pentagonal pyramid, but there are other possible shapes.
The base of a pentagonal prism is a pentagon. Just like a square pyramid has a square for a base, a pentagonal prism has a pentagon for a base.
pentagonal prism
There are an infinite number of shapes. A tetrahedron (triangular pyramid), a square-based pyramid, a pentagonal pyramid, a hexagonal pyramid, etc. A triangular prism, a rectangular prism (cuboid), a pentagonal prism, etc are some examples.
triangular prism pentagonal pyramid
pentagonal pyramid triangular prism
They both have at least 1 pentagon in them.