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What type of figure is shown?

The base of the figure is a ___________
A: Prism
B: Rectangle (wrong)
C: Triangle

What type of figure is shown? The base of the figure is a ___________ A: Prism B: Rectangle-example-1

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Answer:

C: Triangle

Explanation:

You want to identify the shape of the base of the given prism, thus identify the type of prism it is.

Base

A prism is a 3-dimensional figure with rectangular faces and a base that is a polygon of some sort. The bases of a prism are parallel and congruent.

Here, the only parallel polygons of the figure are ones that have a triangular shape.

The base of the figure is a triangle.

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Additional comment

A prism is named for the shape of its base. That makes this prism a triangular prism.

If the prism is oblique or twisted (or both), the lateral faces may be parallelograms instead of rectangles.

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