Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 7
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6. Cross Sections of Three-Dimensional Figures
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Exercise 14 Page 443

The plane is parallel to one of the lateral faces of the triangular prism.

The intersection is a rectangle.

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The diagram shows the intersection of a plane and a triangular prism. We want to describe this intersection. The plane is parallel to one of the lateral faces of the prism. As a result, the cross section is similar to that face — the cross section is a rectangle.