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Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu. Harry baked a cake in the shape of a right rectangular prism and cut it in half parallel to the base of the cake. The base is 6 inches long and 4 inches wide, and the cake is 5 inches tall. Harry puts icing on the surface of each half of the cake. What is the shape of the cross section? What is the total area that is iced? The cake’s cross section is a. The total area that is iced is square inches.

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Based on the way Harry cut the cake, the following is true:

  • The shape is a rectangle.
  • The total area is 48 inch²

Shape of the cake's cross section

The cross section was cut parallel to the base of the cake which means that it will maintain the same shape as the base. The base of a rectangular prism, is a rectangle.

Total area of cake

= Area of one cake + Area of second cake

= (6 x 4) + ( 6 x 4)

= 24 + 24

= 48 inch²

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