A pentagonal prism contains how many pentagons?

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Solution

The correct option is B $2$
The pentagonal prism is a prism with a pentagonal base. It is a type of heptahedron with 7 faces, 15 edges, and 10 vertices.
Thus, a pentagonal prism contains has its two bases as pentagons and other faces are parallelogram.
Hence, it contains $2$ pentagons.

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