is this a cube?

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It's impossible to say. Don't stress about it. If anything--kudos to your for spotting that mistake! you're observant!

Like @8_man said... You won't see anything ambiguous like this on the DAT. Don't worry about it!
 
If it is not obvious that there is a cube, don't assume one is present. You get no other hints on this image and it is more likely that it is the face of the outside cube.

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If it is not obvious that there is a cube, don't assume one is present. You get no other hints on this image and it is more likely that it is the face of the outside cube.

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That is, literally, impossible to say. Assuming a cube were present in that position, that's exactly what it would look like. It just so happens that that is also exactly what the face on the adjacent cube would look like.

There are no assumptions to be made here. It is literally 100% impossible to say.
 
That is, literally, impossible to say. Assuming a cube were present in that position, that's exactly what it would look like. It just so happens that that is also exactly what the face on the adjacent cube would look like.

There are no assumptions to be made here. It is literally 100% impossible to say.
I totally agree with you. What I'm saying is to never assume one is present unless it is completely obvious. In this case it is not obvious because there's no other information to confirm if there is in fact a cube there or not.

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I read somewhere in my review material (probably CRACK DAT PAT or Kaplan) that the only implied cubes are ones that provide structural support to other cubes. So if I had to guess, I'd say no. Terrible figure though
 
I read somewhere in my review material (probably CRACK DAT PAT or Kaplan) that the only implied cubes are ones that provide structural support to other cubes. So if I had to guess, I'd say no. Terrible figure though

That rule is for cubes completely out of vision (blindspots and whatnot). The hypothetical cube in this figure can be seen, and so its a toss-up whether its real or not.
 
I'd agree that it's impossible to call. Don't worry though, you won't see ambiguity like this on the real DAT.
Not sure about the American DAT but the Canadian one I wrote had those illusions. And if you ever run into these illusions, you assume there is no cube there unless there is an indication.And I'm pretty sure I ran into a few of these on bootcamp too.

@airstrikee No cube there, kudos to you for posting this tho. Solid question 🙂
 
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this is an awful cube counting structure! where did you find this? i would not use that resource.

Crack DAT PAT's tutorials and generators have been uber helpful for me, it's taught me cubes that cannot be visualized or appear hidden cannot be assumed they are there: unless they are supporting a column of structures or the cube has to be structurally present to connect the cubes by their bodies and not their edges/points. Hope this helps!
 
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