why is a cube a speacial kind of rectangular prism
It depends on what kind of prism you mean. For example, a rectangular prism has 6 bases and a triangular prism has 5 bases. A triangular prism only has two bases.
It depends what kind of prism: Rectangular prism-rectangle Could be circle too. It depends on what kind of prism it is. If it is a rectangular prism, it's base is a rectangle. If it's a triangular prism, it's base will be a triangle. P.S.-If you have any other questions about prisms or geometry in general, feel free to ask me!
Cube
A rectangular prism (which is a kind of hexahedron).
I'm guessing it would be a rectangular prism, whether it's open or closed. Picture it as a rectangle when looking at it from the from, then angle it slightly so you can see it has depth. Rectangular prism :)
A cube is a special kind of rectangular prism.
A cube is a special kind of prism.
A rectangular cube (a cuboid) is a kind of prism and, by convention, prisms have two bases.
because every square is a rectangle.
A cube or a cuboid. A cuboid is just a stretched out cube - in the same way that a rectangle is a stretched out square.
it depends what kind of a prism you are talking about but it has two !!!
Any kind of cube, prism, or pyramid (other than a circular prism a.k.a a cylinder or a circular pyramid a.k.a. a cone)
Well, honey, a cube is a special kind of rectangular prism where all sides are the same length, so they both have six faces, eight vertices, and twelve edges. It's like saying a square is a rectangle, but a rectangle isn't always a square. So, technically, a cube is just a snazzy rectangular prism showing off its symmetry.
What kind of prism is it
depends on what kind of prism.
Octagonal prism.
If the ice cube in question is a perfect cube (all sides are equal in length), then the volume can be calculated with the simple formula a3, where "a" is the length of one of the cube's sides, that is, simply multiply this number (a) with itself, then multiply the result by the same number (a) again (this is why the "a3" calculation is called "cubing"). However, often times not all sides of the ice cube will be the same, in which case it's not a perfect cube but some kind of a rectangular prism. In this case you want to use the formula a * b * c, where a, b and c are the lengths of each of the ice cube's sides. That is, simply multiply "a" by "b", and then multiply the result by "c". If the ice cube is NOT shaped like a rectangular prism at all but is some kind of an irregular/oval shape, the calculations get considerably more complex