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An illustration shows a slide slice where a triangular plane with a square frame is inserted into a 3 D pyramid through one of the edges. The plane is positioned till the apex is reached and the middle triangular portion of the pyramid is highlighted.

What two-dimensional shape is created by slicing a right rectangular pyramid perpendicular to the base?

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Responses

trapezoid
trapezoid

square
square

rectangle
rectangle

triangle
triangle
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When a right rectangular pyramid is sliced perpendicular to the base, the shape created by the slice is a triangle.

So, the correct response is:

triangle