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Question 1084772: Could you please get the answer for question as below for me.
It is the prism being cut into two pieces with a single straight
cut. The question here is what is the smallest possible total
number for the combined number of faces of the two pieces?
(A) 6
(B) 8
(C) 9
(D) 10
(E) 11

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


In all the figures below, all the black lines can be seen by you,
the reader.  The green lines cannot be seen by you, the reader
Neither can the dotted red lines be seen by you, the reader.




If we place the knife or saw along the edge closest to you, and
cut down toward the back bottom vertex, along the two red dotted lines,
shown here,



then we will have these two pieces:

.

The piece on the left has 4 faces, and the piece on the
right has 5 faces, making a total of 9 faces.

Edwin