Please This is really Urgent. Due Tomorrow. I need help completing the definition.
A pyramid is a ________ with one ________ face (called the base) and whose other faces (lateral faces) are ________ formed by segments connecting the vertices of the base to a common point (the vertex) not on the base.

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Please This is really Urgent. Due Tomorrow. I need help completing the definition.
A pyramid is a ________ with one ________ face (called the base) and whose other faces (lateral faces) are ________ formed by segments connecting the vertices of the base to a common point (the vertex) not on the base.

elisaneedshelp · Answer

@jim_thompson5910 can you help me out with this?

elisaneedshelp · Answer

@Night-Watcher

anonymous · Answer

what are the answer choices?

elisaneedshelp · Answer

It just says to fill in the blanks

anonymous · Answer

oh, well it that case i can't really help. but you can try looking at this to give you an idea http://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/pyramid.html

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

For the first blank, think of what you'd call any 3d figure in geometry

elisaneedshelp · Answer

prism?

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

close

elisaneedshelp · Answer

polyhedron

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

better

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

a pyramid is a polyhedron

so the base is a _______

elisaneedshelp · Answer

polygon?

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

so the answer for blank #2 is polygonal (the adjective form of polygon)

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

the base is a polygon, so it's a polygonal base

the lateral faces are always triangles (for any type of polygon that forms the base)

so you have triangular lateral faces

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

a square pyramid is probably what you're most familiar with (eg: pyramids of egypt)

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not a great drawing, but you get the idea

the base is a square while the lateral faces are all triangles

elisaneedshelp · Answer

Yeah i get the idea 
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