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A square pyramid is sliced by a plane. The plane is perpendicular to the base but does not go through the apex of the pyramid. What is the shape of the cross section?
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A square pyramid is sliced by a plane. The plane is perpendicular to the base but does not go through the apex of the pyramid. What is the shape of the cross section?

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it seems the shape of the cross section would be a trapezoid. Think of it this way. Take any pyramid you can visualise and cut straight down through it but not through the pointy tip(apex) I suppose the shape would be a trapezoid.
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