They're 3D figures. Also, a cube is a type of rectangular prism (This can be taken from the fact that a square is a type of rectangle, because a rectangle is a parallelogram with right angles). Both figures have 6 faces, 8 vertices, and 12 edges. All the angles are right angles (in measure of 2-dimensional views). Note: Even though a cube is a type of rectangular prism, not all rectangular prisms are cubes.
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A cube is a rectangular prism in which each edge is of the same length.
They are all, technically, prisms.
No, a cube is a cube and a rectangular prism is a rectangular prism. They are two different shapes.
These shapes are alike because they have the same faces, edges,and vertices.
A Rubik's cube is a cube, therefore it is a type of rectangular prism.