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How do you identify a prism?

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A prism is a polyhedron - a 3-dimensional shape with polygonal faces. It has two identical and parallel polygonal faces that are "joined together" by rectangular faces.

A prism whose bases are n-sided polygons has

2n vertices, n+2 faces and 3n edges.

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