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A prism is a polyhedron that has two parallel, congruent bases, whereas a pyramid is a?


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a

polyhedron with one base.

b

polyhedron with two bases.

c

polyhedron with three bases.

d

not a polyhedron. 

answer is A.

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A prism is a polyhedron with congruent polygons on its bottom and top faces (known as bases) and parallelograms on its other faces (known as lateral faces).
We know that when the side faces are rectangular, the shape is referred to as a right prism.
All prisms have two parallel faces that are identical.
A pyramid is a polyhedron with a polygon as its base and triangle lateral sides.
The correct option is (1).
 
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A prism is a polyhedron that has two parallel, congruent bases, whereas a pyramid is a?