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A plane cuts through a cone parallel to its base. What shape is formed by this intersection?
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A plane cuts through a cone parallel to its base. What shape is formed by this intersection?

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When the plane cuts the cone at an angle between a perpendicular to the axis (which would produce a circle) and an angle parallel to the side of the cone (which would produce a parabola), the curve formed is an ellipse.
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