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The base is different. A rect. pyramid has a rectangle as a base. Because the sides are different length for a rectangle, the triangles will not all be congruent (equal).

A square pyramid has a square as the base. All sides of the square are the same length, so all the triangular sides of the pyramid will be congruent.

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