Rectangular prism ?
can i consider brick as rectangular prism ?
i have a seen prism (made of glass which disperse light rays into spectrum) in the lab .
but i have not seen Rectangular Prism . i did a google search and found it looks like a brick......am i right ?
what for it is used ?
please post your opinion.
thank you
2007-01-31 15:58:32 · 6 answers · asked by sanko 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
it has length, height, and width, doesnt it?
yes it it a rectangular prism...
2007-01-31 16:04:33 · answer #1 · answered by sweetangel16175 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By definition prism is a three dimensional body which has two parallel surfaces exactly one over the other and the sides are joined together with perpendicular surfaces.
A cylinder is a circular prism as its parallel surfaces are circles.A cube is a square prism.A brick is a rectangular prism and the prism that u are talking about which disperses light into its constituent colours is a traingular prism as its parallel surfaces are traingles.
2007-01-31 16:07:47 · answer #2 · answered by sandy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, a brick is a rectangular prism. I believe they can bend light the same way triangular prisms do (which creates the light spectrum you see).
The term "rectangular prism" is mostly used in mathematics, to describe a solid with sides that are all rectangles.
2007-01-31 16:04:27 · answer #3 · answered by J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. A brick is a rectangular. What you are thinking of is a triangular prism. A prism is a polyhedron with congruent polygons at each end & rectangles connecting them.
2007-01-31 16:05:13 · answer #4 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes a brick is a rectangular prism. any 3D object with 6 rectangular faces that encloses a fixed volume is a rectangular prism.
Steve
2007-01-31 16:02:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, a brick. Hollow it out and you've got a box, and of course we use boxes for everything -- cereal boxes, kleenex boxes, boxes of printer paper, boxes of canned goods, endless uses. The rooms in our homes are usually boxes.
2007-01-31 16:05:39 · answer #6 · answered by Philo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋