SOLUTION: A plane intersects a prism to form a cross section that is a polygon with five sides. The minimum number of sides that the polygon at the base of the prism must have is

Question 1152697: A plane intersects a prism to form a cross section that is a polygon with five sides. The minimum number of sides that the polygon at the base of the prism must have is
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Since the plane if cutting through the prism to make sides, than the original shape needs to have less than .
A prism, is a 3D shape, so you can't have a sided shape.
Now you have a choice of or sides.
A sides shape is a , which also can't be cut into a sided prism, so the answer would need to be .

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