cross section for y=1

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My class has just started Multivariable, and I'd just gotten back my quiz results. However, I don't understand why for B), the correct graph is apparently in the other direction I thought it would be — from what I see from the graph of $f(x,y)$, shouldn't how I drew it be right (according to the axes labels I drew)? Any help would really be appreciated!

Also, I'm sorry for the second image. I'm not sure how to rotate it to put it right...

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Your solution seems correct, indeed from the 3D plot we can see that for $y=1$ we have that $z$ is strictly decreasing with $x$ increasing. To better visualize, the plot in the $x-z$ plane for $y=1$ is similar to $z=-x^3$.