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A plane cuts a pyramid as shown in the diagram. What is the shape of the cross section?

A: a hexagon

B: a pentagon

C: a square

D: a triangle

A plane cuts a pyramid as shown in the diagram. What is the shape of the cross section-example-1
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The answer is a hexagon
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Answer

The shape of the cross section is Hexagon.

Option A is the correct answer.

Explanation

The given pyramid is pentagonal pyramid. The cross section of pentagonal pyramid is a pentagon.

But in the given figure a plane cuts a pyramid in a different way. After cutting the shape of the cross section will have six sides.

So it will be a hexagon. All sides are not equal so it is not a regular hexagon.


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