The right rectangular prism will be sliced perpendicular to its base along the dashed line. select from the drop-down menus to correctly describe the cross section formed by the slice. the cross section is with an area of __cm².

For this case we observe that the transveral section is a rectangle.
(see dotted lines.)
 The width of the rectangle is 2 centimeters.
 The height of the rectangle is 5 centimeters.
 Therefore, the area is given by:
 
 
 The cross section is a rectangle with an area of 10 cm².