Question

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A slice is made parallel to the base of a right rectangular pyramid, as shown.

What is the area of the resulting two-dimensional cross-section?

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cm²

Rectangular pyramid intersected horizontally by a rectangle. The front edge of the base of the pyramid is labeled 2 centimeters, and the right edge is labeled 4 centimeters. The height of the pyramid is labeled 8 centimeters. The part of the larger rectangle that intersects the pyramid is a smaller gray rectangle. The front side of the smaller rectangle is labeled 1 centimeter, and the right side is labeled 2 centimeters.

Answer 1

The area of the cross section is 2 cm^2.

Explanation:

If I am understanding your problem correctly, we are just looking for the area of the grey rectangle, which is the cross-section.

The length and width of this gray rectangle are already given to us. They are 1 and 2. Just multiply them to get the area.

1 x 2 = 2 cm^2