How is a cylinder similar to a prism
How Are a Cylinder & a Prism Alike? : Fun with Prisms
my name is Emily Kern a math
instructional coach in Austin Texas
let's take a look at how a cylinder and
a prism are alike pyramids and prisms
are similar in that they're both 3d
figures and they both have two parallel
bases that are congruent the difference
between a prism and a cylinder though is
the shape of their bases a prism has a
base that's shaped as a polygon a
polygon just means that it has corners
and straight lines so triangles squares
Pentagon's hexagons
those are prisms a cylinder can only
have a circular base that's the main
difference between a prism and a
cylinder is that a cylinder has a
circular base and a prism has a polygon
base so prisms and cylinders are similar
because they're both 3d figures and they
both have two parallel bases another way
that they are alike is the way that you
find their volume both of them have the
same volume formula of V equals BH where
B represents the area of the base so how
are a cylinder and a prism alike they're
both 3d figures they both have two
parallel bases and they both use the
formula V equals BH to find their volume
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