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?
(1 point)
Responses
square
square
trapezoid
trapezoid
triangle
triangle
rectangle
1 answer
When slicing a right rectangular pyramid perpendicular to the base, the resulting two-dimensional shape is a triangle. This is because the slice will include a triangular cross-section from the apex of the pyramid down to a line along one of the edges of the base.
Therefore, the correct response is: triangle
