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A "pyramid" is a non-specific term refering to a 3-d shape consisting of a base which is a polygon with n sides, and n triangular faces meeting at an apex. Such a pyramid would have 2n edges.

Thus, a triangular pyramid (tetrahedron) has 6 edges; a square based pyramid has 8, etc.

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I think it is 6

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