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The following shape is called a Triangular Prism.
A triangular prism (like a bar of toblerone).A triangular prism.
A rectangular prism has 4 sides, and a triangular prism has three. Its like asking the difference between a Square and a Triangle!
f you looked at the bottom of a pyramid and saw a right triangle it would be a right triangular prism. It would have 3 triangular faces extending up from the bottom. The last sentence refers to a right tetrahedron, not a prism. A triangular prism has two triangles at either end, and three rectangles joining them - like a pencil with a triangular cross-section.
A rectangular prism is like a chalkboard eraser. A triangular prism is a pyramid. A pentagonal prism is a three dimensional home plate. None of them are the same.