SV94: Pyramid, Prism, Volume of a Prism

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SV94 Pyramid, Prism, Volume of a Prism
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Pyramid

• A pyramid is
• A polyhedron
• Has a polygon base
• The lateral faces are all connected at ONE
  vertex. The faces DONT have to be congruent.
• The base is opposite the vertex.

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Prism

• A prism is
• A polyhedron
• Has two congruent, parallel bases that are
  polygons.
• Lateral faces that are parallelograms formed by
  connecting corresponding vertices of the two
  bases.

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Volume of a Prism

• Volume of a prism is the base area (B) multiplied
  by the height ( distance
  between bases).
• V Bh Always expressed in CUBIC units (u³).
• Examples