Imagine picking up a cube with your thumb placed at one corner of the cube and your finger at the furthest corner on the other side of the cube. Now cut the cube exactly down the middle between your finger and thumb. You have two pieces each with a new face. What is the shape of that new face?

can you draw it?

Question

Imagine picking up a cube with your thumb placed at one corner of the cube and your finger at the furthest corner on the other side of the cube. Now cut the cube exactly down the middle between your finger and thumb. You have two pieces each with a new face. What is the shape of that new face?

can you draw it?

moongazer · Answer

what was that?

moongazer · Answer

the answer is hexagonal

anonymous · Answer

how

moongazer · Answer

A hexagon. You cut through all the 6 faces of the cube. Each face contributes an edge to the shape.

anonymous · Answer

no, you get a prism

anonymous · Answer

a triangular prism, to be accurate

anonymous · Answer

now that i think about it, it actually depends on how you cut it. you can get a hexagon too

moongazer · Answer

it is the answer according to this website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7699000/7699177.stm

anonymous · Answer

i don 't know how to explain that, you've to figure it out by construction, because it's difficult to see it (and i try to draw it but ... X) )