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What shape would you have if you made a horizontal cross-section of a square pyramid?
a square
What is ellipsoid?
An ellipsoid * is a three dimensional figure which is symmetrical around three perpendicular axes * has a cross-section in one plane which is a a circle, and the other planes cross-sections are ellipses. In other words, it is an egg-shaped object. If you can stand an egg upright and you slice it through the middle parallel to the tabletop, you will see a circle, no matter where you slice. If you were instead to slice downwards vertically in any direction you would see an ellipse.
What is produced when you slice a cone with a plane that is parallel to the base of the cone?
That conic section is a circle.When you slice a cone with a plane parallel to the base of the cone, the sliced section is a circle, and the portion of the original cone on the side of the vertex is again a cone.An isosceles cone would be the out come
What would the cross section of a cylinder cut with a diagonal plane look like?
Parallelogram
Can a triangular prism roll?
No, a triangular prism cannot roll because it does not have a circular cross-section like a cylinder or a sphere. Rolling requires a continuous curved surface that can rotate around an axis. A triangular prism has a polygonal cross-section with flat sides, so it would slide rather than roll.
