An image of a rectangular pyramid is shown below: A right rectangular pyramid is shown. Part A: A cross section of the rectangul
ar pyramid is cut with a plane parallel to the base. What is the name of the shape created by the cross section? Explain your answer. (5 points) Part B: If a cross section of the rectangular pyramid is cut perpendicular to the base, passing through the top vertex, what would be the shape of the resulting cross section? Explain your answer. (5 points)
1 answer:
Answer:
Part a) Rectangle
Part b) Triangle
Step-by-step explanation:
<u><em>The picture of the question in the attached figure N 1</em></u>
Part A) A cross section of the rectangular pyramid is cut with a plane parallel to the base. What is the name of the shape created by the cross section?
we know that
When a geometric plane slices any right pyramid so that the cut is parallel to the plane of the base, the cross section will have the same shape (but not the same size) as the base, So, in the case of a right rectangular pyramid, the cross section is a rectangle
Part b) If a cross section of the rectangular pyramid is cut perpendicular to the base, passing through the top vertex, what would be the shape of the resulting cross section?
we know that
Cross sections perpendicular to the base and through the vertex will be triangles
see the attached figure N 2 to better understand the problem
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Answer:
The correct answer is: "Option [D]".
Step-by-step explanation:
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Let's use the acronym PEMDAS. With the help of this little acronym, we will not make mistakes in the Order of Operations! :)
P=Parentheses,
E=Exponents,
M=Multiplication,
D=Division,
A=Addition,
S=Subtraction.
Now let's start evaluating our expression, which is
According to PEMDAS, the operation that we should perform is "E-Exponents".
Notice that we have a fraction raised to a power. When this happens, we raise both the numerator (2 in this case) and the denominator (3 in this case) to that power, which is 2. After this we obtain .
See, we raised both the numerator and the denominator to the power of 2.
Now what we should do is subtract fractions.
Note that 6 and -4/9 have unlike denominators. First, let's write 6 as a fraction: . Now let's multiply the denominator and the numerator of the first fraction times 9:
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See, now the fractions have the same denominator. All we should do now is subtract the numerators: .
∴, the answer is Option D.
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