Question

Which shape could be thought of as being created by stacking congruent polygons?

cone
rectangular prism
square pyramid
triangular pyramid

Answer 1

The answer would be B rectangular prism

Answer 2

A rectangular prism is thought of as being created by stacking congruent polygons.

What is rectangular prism?

A solid (3-dimensional) object which has six faces that are rectangles. It has the same cross-section along a length, which makes it a prism.

When the two geometric figures are called congruent?

Two geometric figures are said to be congruent, or to be in the relation of congruence, if it is possible to superpose one of them on the other so that they coincide throughout.

What is stacking of congruent figures?

Stacking congruent figures means arranging the congruent figures on the top of the other until it become a large pile.

According to the given question.

We have to stack the congruent polygons.

As we know that stacking up means ​to keep increasing in quantity until we get a large pile.

Since, when we piled up of stack the congruent polygons we will get a prism.

For example when we stack congruent squares we will get cube or we can say a rectangular prism.

If we stack congruent octagons we will get an octagon prism.

Hence, a rectangular prism is thought of as being created by stacking congruent polygons.

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