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UKMT Junior Mathematical Challenge, 2024

Geometry Difficulty 2.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

When you cut a regular hexagon into two pieces with a single straight cut, you get two polygons. Which of these shapes cannot be obtained?

(A) A triangle (B) A quadrilateral (C) A pentagon (D) A heptagon (E) An octagon

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