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Describe the shapes that are created when a plane cuts a rectangular prism diagonally, perpendicularly, and parallel to the base.

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The figure here is a rectangular prism (figure below)

When the figure is cut diagonally, we have a right triangle

When the figure is cut perpendicularly, we have a rectangle

When the figure is cut parallel to the ba

Describe the shapes that are created when a plane cuts a rectangular prism diagonally-example-1
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