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There is no equation - the answer is explicit in the name.A pentagonal prism has pentagonal bases. A pentagon has 5 sides. It could not be simpler!
The angle of minimum deviation for a prism may be calculated from the prism equation. An online calculator can be found here: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/Hbase/geoopt/prism.html#c2 The equation can't be typed but a grahic can be found here: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/Hbase/geoopt/imggo/prismeq.gif
There's the rectangular prism, the triangular prism, hexagonal prism, pentagonal prism, the cube, and the octagonal prism.
A Triangular Prism A Rectangular Prism An Octogonal Prism (basically 3D Shapes)
a triangular prism has to triangular bases while a rectangular prism has a rectangle as the bases.