Horizontal cross sections are the same shape: they are all squares if the pyramid is square or rectangles if the pyramid is a rectangle pyramid. Vertical cross sections are different shape: At the pyramid top they are triangles, at other places they have four sides.
Horizontal cross sections are different size: the more we go to the top of the pyramind, the smaller they get. Vertical cross sections are different size: the closer we get to the edges, the smaller they become.
Your total restaurant bill is the items you have purchased
plus the sales tax and plus the tip (if there’s any). Sales tax is added to
your purchase because this is tax imposed to the consumer and not to the buyer.
The buyer is only required to collect this tax from the buyer.
Second question:
A check is a financial instrument wherein the bank is
required to pay when presented or encashed to them. You just have to make sure
that you have account balance to that certain bank.
Third question:
The way of payment not any more common in the most modern
economies is the bartering. Both credit cards and cash are the most common way
of paying for your purchases.