Question

Select all the correct answers. Which of the following shapes can be a cross section of a cylinder?

A picture of a geometrically shaped cylinder.
A vector image of a rectangle.
A vector image of a trapezium.
A picture of a circle.

Answer 1

A cross section of a cylinder can either be a circle if the cut is made vertically down, or a rectangle if the cut is made parallel to the side. A trapezium cannot be a cross section of a cylinder

Step-by-step explanation:

A cross section of a cylinder can be produced by taking a slice or cut through it. Any cross section that's perpendicular to the side of the cylinder (vertically down) will always be a circle. However, if a cut is made parallel to the side of the cylinder, the cross section would be a rectangle.

A trapezium, on the other hand, cannot be a cross section of a cylinder because a trapezium requires that two sides are non-parallel, but a cylinder's top and bottom faces are parallel

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