. What is a Pentagonal Prism

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A pentagonal prism is a 3-dimensional solid that has pentagonal bases - bottom and top. All the different sides of a pentagonal prism have the shape of a rectangle. It is simple to understand the shape of a pentagonal prism by drawing a pentagon on sheet of paper using the straight lines. Then believe it stretching up from the sheet of paper. The 3-d shape so formed will be a pentagonal prism. U.S. Defense Department Headquarter, Barns and boxes, Decorative items are some example of pentagonal prism.

Pentagonal prism has

♦ 7 faces

♦ 15 edges

♦ 10 vertices

♦ Pentagon bottom and top