Describe the shape as precisely as you can.
Describe the shape as precisely as you can.
Describe the shape as precisely as you can.
If we slice each solid parallel to its base halfway up, what shape cross sections would we get?
What is the same about the cross sections?
If we slice each solid parallel to its base near the top, what shape cross sections would we get?
What is the same about the cross sections?
Describe the cross sections that would result from slicing each solid perpendicular to its base.
Start each one by dragging the gray bar on the left side across the screen until you see the whole 3D image on the left and the controls on the right.
Describe the cross section in words: A plane cuts the prism parallel to the bottom and top faces.[br]
Describe the cross section in words: The plane moves up and cuts the prism at a different height.[br]
Describe the cross section in words: A vertical plane cuts the prism diagonally.[br]
Describe the cross section in words: A plane cuts the pyramid parallel to the base.
Describe the cross section in words: A vertical plane cuts the pyramid.
Describe the cross section in words: A plane cuts off the corner of the cube.
Describe the cross section in words: The plane moves farther from the corner and makes a cut through the middle of the cube.