Question

What solid figure has 8 vertices?triangular pyramidtriangular prismrectangular prism square pyramid

Answer 1

Step 1. We are given the names of 4 solids:

• triangular pyramid

,

• triangular prism

,

• rectangular prism

,

• square pyramid ​

And we need to find which one has 8 vertices.

Step 2. A vertex in a solid is a point where two or more lines meet.

In the following image, we can see an example of the four solids:

Step 3. Now that we have identified the four solids, we count the number of vertices on each of them. In the following image each red point represents a vertex:

The solid that has 8 vertices is the RECTANGULAR PRISM.

Answer: Rectangular prism