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Describe different ways in which a plane might the cylinder,and the cross section the results.

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The plane could be:
-perpendicular to the axis --> gives a circle
-parallel to the axis and tangent to the cylinder --> gives a line
-parallel to the axis and not tangent to the cylinder --> gives a pair of parallel lines
-neither perpendicular nor parallel to the axis --> gives an ellipse

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