2007-01-09 10:10:36 · 5 answers · asked by uncledaddy 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
It is any geometric solid with rectangles on all six surfaces.
2007-01-09 10:14:50 · answer #1 · answered by Jerry P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A rectangular prism is a rectangle, a translated copy of that rectangle, and polygons connecting the two rectangles: imagine a box, where the top and bottom are allowed to move around in space, and the other sides reshape themselves so they continue to form a "box".
Or there's the simpler definition: a rectangular prism is a cuboid, or box. This definition doesn't include slanted boxes, but all cuboids are rectangular prisms by the above definition.
2007-01-09 10:18:52 · answer #2 · answered by Steven F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A three-dimensional solid where the top and bottom faces of the solid are rectangles and all four sides have the same height.
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how can the sides be different lengths if all the angles are right angles? :D
2007-01-09 10:14:26 · answer #3 · answered by bequalming 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A brick-shaped object. The sides may be of the same or different lengths; all the angles are right angles.
2007-01-09 10:14:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its a 3D solid that looks like an elongated cube.. an example is a tissue box or a brick.
2007-01-09 10:14:27 · answer #5 · answered by teekshi33 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋