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Describe the twodimensional figures that result from slicing threedimensional figures, as in plane sections of right rectangular prisms and right rectangular pyramids.
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Problem 1

Identifying Vertices, Edges, and Faces

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Key Concept

Eulers Formula

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Problem 2

Using Eulers Formula

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A cross section is the intersection of a solid and a plane. You can think of a cross section as a very thin slice of the solid.

This cross section is a triangle.

Problem 4

Describing a Cross Section

What is the cross section formed by the plane and the solid W at the right? a

e cross section is a rectangle.

Got It? 4. For the solid at the right, what is the cross section formed by each
of the following planes? a. a horizontal plane b. a vertical plane that divides the solid in half

Problem 5

Drawing a Cross Section

Visualization Draw a cross section formed by a vertical plane intersecting the front and right faces of the cube. What shape is the cross section? Step 1 S Visualize a vertical plane intersecting V the vertical faces in parallel segments. t Step 2 Draw the parallel segments.

Step 3 Join their endpoints. Shade the cross section.

e cross section is a rectangle.

Got It? 5. Draw the cross section formed by a horizontal plane intersecting the left
and right faces of the cube. What shape is the cross section?

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Visualization Draw and describe a cross section formed by a intersecting the cube as follows. 21. 22.

e vertical plane intersects the front and left faces of the c e vertical plane intersects opposite faces of the cube.

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the front and left faces of the cube.

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b. e rst two Platonic solids have more familiar names. What are they? c. Verify that Eulers Formula is true for the rst three Platonic solids. A cube has a net with area 216 in. . How long is an edge of the cube?

Extension:
Writing Assignment 2
An MRI is similar to a computerized topography (CT) scanner in that it produces cross-sectional images of the body. Looking at images of the body in cross section can

Writing Cross sections are used in medical training and research. Research and write a paragraph on how magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is used to study cross sections of the brain. Open-Ended Draw a single solid that has the following three cross sections.

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compared to looking at the inside of a loaf of bread by slicing it.

Unlike a CT scan, MRI does not use X-rays. Instead, it uses a strong magnetic field and radio waves to produce very clear and detailed computerized images of the inside of the body. MRI is commonly used to examine the brain, spine, joints, abdomen, and pelvis. A special kind of MRI exam, called magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), examines the blood vessels.

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