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What cross-section do you get when you give a (a) vertical cut (b) horizontal cut to the following object?
A brick
What cross-section do you get when you give a (a) vertical cut (b) horizontal cut to the following object?
A brick
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Given the object is a brick and the shape of a brick is a cuboid.
We know that cross-section is the shape obtained by the intersection of a solid object with a plane.
(a) In a horizontal cross-section, a plane cuts the solid shape in the horizontal direction which is parallel to its base.
When we give a horizontal cut to the brick, we get a rectangle-shaped cross-section as shown below:
(b) In a vertical cross-section, a plane cuts the solid shape in the vertical direction which is perpendicular to its base.
When we give a vertical cut to the brick, we get a rectangle-shaped cross-section as shown below:
Given the object is a brick and the shape of a brick is a cuboid.
We know that cross-section is the shape obtained by the intersection of a solid object with a plane.
(a) In a horizontal cross-section, a plane cuts the solid shape in the horizontal direction which is parallel to its base.
When we give a horizontal cut to the brick, we get a rectangle-shaped cross-section as shown below:
(b) In a vertical cross-section, a plane cuts the solid shape in the vertical direction which is perpendicular to its base.
When we give a vertical cut to the brick, we get a rectangle-shaped cross-section as shown below:
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