The 3 lateral faces are also congruent and can be rectangles, parallelograms, or squares depending on the type of triangular prism. The triangles are congruent and are referred to as the bases of the triangular prism.

The figure below shows three types of triangular prisms.Ī triangular prism is a 3D shape, specifically a polyhedron, that is made up of 2 triangles and 3 lateral faces.

Home / geometry / shape / triangular prism Triangular prismĪ triangular prism is a prism with triangular bases.