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7.05 Cross sections of prisms and pyramids

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Which one of the following shows a cross section of the rectangular prism below?

A rectangular prism is shown. It has six faces (2 square-like faces and 4 obviously rectangular faces). The prism is oriented such that the longer side of the obviously rectangular face is in the horizontal axis. The height of the prism is the square face. The width is the longer side of the rectangular face. The depth is also the square face.

A square rotated to form a diamond shape.
A

A rectangular shape with the top corners rounded.
B

A rhombus rotated to form a diamond shape.
C

A parallelogram that is skewed to the right.
D
Easy
< 1min

The cylinder shown consists of two circular faces. Which of the following shows the uniform cross section of the cylinder?

Easy
< 1min

We want to classify the following solid:

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< 1min

Consider the solid in the adjacent figure.

Easy
< 1min
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