Hexagonal prism
Hexagonal prism
Hello Science Bee, in this lesson, we are going to learn about hexagonal prism.
What is a hexagonal prism?
In geometry, the hexagonal prism is a prism with hexagonal base. This polyhedron has 8 faces, 18 edges, and 12 vertices. Before sharpening, many pencils take the shape of a long hexagonal prism.
Why is a hexagonal prism also known as an octahedron?
Since it has eight faces, it is an octahedron. However, the term octahedron is primarily used to refer to the regular octahedron, which has eight triangular faces. Because of the ambiguity of the term octahedron and the dissimilarity of the various eight-sided figures, the term is rarely used without clarification.
Hexogonal prism as a semiregular (or uniform) polyhedron
If faces are all regular, the hexagonal prism is a semiregular polyhedron, more generally, a uniform polyhedron, and the fourth in an infinite set of prisms formed by square sides and two regular polygon caps. It can be seen as a truncated hexagonal hosohedron, represented by Schläfli symbol t{2,6}. Alternately it can be seen as the Cartesian product of a regular hexagon and a line segment, and represented by the product {6}×{}. The dual of a hexagonal prism is a hexagonal bipyramid.
The symmetry group of a right hexagonal prism is D6h of order 24. The rotation group is D6 of order 12.
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How to calculate the volume of a hexagonal prism
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As in most prisms, the volume is found by taking the area of the base, with a side length of , and multiplying it by the height , giving the formula:
, and multiplying it by the height 
, giving the formula:
How to find the surface area of a hexagonal prism?
How to make a hexagonal prism?
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