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A rectangular pyramid is labeled with the following dimensions. The front left edge of the rectangular base is labeled 6. The front right edge of the rectangular base is labeled 4. There is a dashed line labeled 4 that extends from the apex to the middle of the line labeled 6. There is another dashed line labeled 4 point 6 that extends from the apex to the middle of the line labeled 4.

The rectangular pyramid could be decomposed into which of the following nets?

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A rectangle has 4 triangles connected to it.
Image with alt text: A rectangle has 4 triangles connected to it.

A rectangle has 4 triangles connected to it.
Image with alt text: A rectangle has 4 triangles connected to it.

A rectangle has 4 triangles connected to it.
Image with alt text: A rectangle has 4 triangles connected to it.

A rectangle has 4 triangles connected to it.
Image with alt text: A rectangle has 4 triangles connected to it.
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Answer 1

The rectangular pyramid described has a rectangular base and four triangular faces that connect the apex of the pyramid to the vertices of the rectangular base. When decomposing the pyramid into a net, you would unfold the triangular faces outward from the base.

Based on the given options, the correct net representation of the pyramid would be:

"A rectangle has 4 triangles connected to it."

This is because the rectangle represents the base of the pyramid, and the four triangles represent the triangular faces extending from each corner of the rectangle to the apex of the pyramid.