A plane cuts a pyramid as shown in the diagram. What is the shape of the cross section?


A: a hexagon


B: a pentagon


C: a square


D: a triangle

A plane cuts a pyramid as shown in the diagram. What is the shape of the cross section? A: a hexagon B: a pentagon C: a square D: a triangle class=

Verified Answer :

The answer is a hexagon 
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Answer

The shape of the cross section is Hexagon.  

Option A is the correct answer.

Explanation

The given pyramid is pentagonal pyramid. The cross section of pentagonal pyramid is a pentagon.

But in the given figure a plane cuts a pyramid in a different way. After cutting the shape of the cross section will  have six sides.  

So it  will be a hexagon. All sides are not equal so it is not a regular  hexagon.