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jmc

geometry junior

Problem

A prism has 15 edges. How many faces does the prism have?
Solution
If a prism has 2 bases and lateral faces, then each base is an -gon, so the two bases collectively have edges. Also, there are edges connecting corresponding vertices of the two bases, for a total of edges. Solving , we find that the prism has 5 lateral faces and hence faces in total.
Final answer
7