Question

16. Identify a polyhedron with two congruent bases that lie in parallel planes, and whose every section that is parallel to a base has the same area as that of the base.


a) Prism

b) Pyramid

c) Circular Cylinder

d) Right Circular Cone

Answer 1

A prism is a polyhedron whose faces consist of two congruent polygons lying in parallel planes and a number of parallelograms.

Every section that is parallel to a base has the same area as that of the base.

a) Prism