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A rectangular pyramid was sliced perpendicular to its base and through its vertex. What is the shape of the cross section shown in the figure?

A rectangular pyramid. The cross section is a triangle.
a triangle that has the same dimensions as one of the sides of the pyramid
a triangle that does not have the same dimensions as one of the sides of the pyramid
a parallelogram that is not a rectangle
a rectangle

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A rectangular pyramid was sliced perpendicular to its base and through its vertex. What is the shape of the cross section shown in the figure?

A rectangular pyramid. The cross section is a triangle.

a triangle that has the same dimensions as one of the sides of the pyramid

a triangle that does not have the same dimensions as one of the sides of the pyramid

a parallelogram that is not a rectangle

a rectangle

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