Question

A plane intersects a prism to form a cross section that is a polygon with five sides. The minimum number of sides that the polygon at the base of
the prism must have ls ..

Answer 1

Answer:

Since the plane if cutting through the prism to make 5 sides, than the original shape needs to have less than 5.

A prism, is a 3D shape, so you can't have a 2 sided shape.

Now you have a choice of 3+or 4 sides.

A 3 sides shape is a triangle, which also can't be cut into a 5 sided prism, so the answer would need to be 4.

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