3 DIMENSIONAL SHAPES 2

WEEK  5

3 DIMENSIONAL SHAPES

A prism is solid with a uniform cross-section. The top and bottom faces are the same. Cubes,

cuboids and cylinders are prisms.

Triangular prism

In geometry, a triangular prism is a three-sided prism; it is a polyhedron made of a triangular base, a translated copy, and 3 faces joining corresponding sides. A right triangular prism has rectangular sides, otherwise, it is oblique. A uniform triangular prism is a right triangular prism with equilateral bases and square sides.

(Square prism)

Cube

A square prism is a three-dimensional shape cuboid figure whose bases are squares. The opposite sides and angles are congruent to each other. In the given figure, the bases of the prism are square, and therefore, it is called a square prism.

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