Big Ideas Math Geometry, 2014
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Exercise 20 Page 658

Note that the plane is parallel to the base of the prism. What shape does it have?

Triangle

Practice makes perfect
Let's examine the cross section formed by the intersection of the plane and the solid.

The solid is a prism, whose two bases are triangles and side faces are rectangles. As we can see, the plane is parallel to the base of the prism, so the cross section has the same shape as the base. This allows us to conclude that the cross section is also a triangle.