Question

Developments of the lateral surface of a prism consist of the same number of __________ in contact as the number of the sides of base of the prism.

(a) squares

(b) rectangles

(c) triangles

(d) parallelograms

This question was addressed to me during a job interview.

My question is taken from Development of Surfaces in section Development & Intersection of Surfaces of Engineering Drawing

Answer 1

Right answer is (b) rectangles

To elaborate: Developments of the lateral surface of a prism consist of the same number of rectangles in contact as the number of the sides of base of the prism. One side of the rectangle is equal to the length of the axis and the other side equal to the length of the side of the base.