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Q: What is a cross section of a right circular cone?
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If a right circular cone intersects a plane that runs parallel?

Then the cross-section is a circle or a point.


What does cone cylinder and a sphere have in common?

A circular cross-section.


What is the vertical cross section of a cone?

The vertical cross section of a right vertical cone is a triangle if that cross section is taken from the vertex. Any other vertical cross section will reveal a hyperbola (with endpoints on the base of the cone). A link can be found below.


What is the horrizontal cross section of a cone?

If it a right cone then it is a circle, otherwise an ellipse.


If a right circular cone intersects a plane that runs parallel to cones axis but doesnt cross it?

If your question is "What is the cross-section of the intersection?" then the answer is "A circle." Otherwise, I can't make sense of the question.


What Difference between cone and right circular cone?

A right circular cone is perfectly balanced on its circular base. Imagine a cone that has a circular base, but leans to one side - this is a non right circular cone.


What is the geometric definition of parabola?

It is a section of a right circular cone by a plane that is parallel to one generating line of the cone.


What does a cone prism look like?

By definition, the circular cross-section of a cone changes linearly in width as you go along its axis. By definition, the cross-section of a prism is constant along its axis. So, by definition, a cone prism is an impossible shape.


What conic section is produced when both nappes of a right circular cone are intersected?

A hyperbola


Which conic section is created if a plane that is parallel to the edge of a right circular cone intersects one nappe of the cone?

A parabola.


What solid figure is this when it has a round top and a triangle front and side view?

A right circular cone balanced on its apex.A right circular cone balanced on its apex.A right circular cone balanced on its apex.A right circular cone balanced on its apex.


What is mean by right circular cone?

A Right Circular Cone is one wherein the base of the cone is circular and the axis of the cone is perpendicular to the base and passes through the center of the base and the vertex of the cone.