PAT Folding question!!? I don't see how the answer is D...

[rodneymoss]

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Hey Sdnrs,


Im confused on this folding problem that I retrieved from " My wicked sick PAT tutorial".

2thDMD gave us a brilliant explanation, but I still don't understand why it is D and not B. Maybe i'm not seeing something.. hmm



Below is the URL.. Can someone please check it over for me.


Thanks!





http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq274/2thdmd/DAT-PAT-PatternFolding-1-03.jpg

 

[sbdento]

B is really close, but if you look at the front side of choice B it is actually the mirror image of what it is supposed to be. They are enantiomers haha

Also, the right side of choice B is a little mixed up. The black L shape should be touching the front side.

Hope that helps.

 

[rodneymoss]

lolol.. nevermind.. he mentioned that it was B.. sorry ya'll..

Again, thanks to Sama and 2thDMD

 

[In2Infinity]

woa, i really like this kinda stuff! always tried puzzles as a kid sort of like these patterns. I could see in about 3 seconds the correct answer!

 

[Benman44]

I dont see anywhere saying the answer is B cause its deffinately not B its D. They are close but i looked at his explanation and it doesnt make any sense. well, the first part anyways. The first part says it should look like an L not a J hockey stick. If you fold it that way its definitely a J. lol but the second part does negate it. the right side of B is very disproportional. The grey L should have a thinner base. God PAT blows.

 

[invictusx]

the answer has got to be D

 

[dcao]

I can see the answer being B or D, depending how you fold the pieces (towards you, or away from you). If you fold it towards you then the answer seems to be B, but if you fold it away from you it seems to be D. Unless there's a rule where you only fold it towards one way? I haven't started studying for the DAT or anything yet so I'm not too familiar with the directions.

 

[Kahr]

I saw D first, then upon analyzing B you see that it is folded the opposite way. So both can be correct from what I see.

However, at the bottom, the middle paragraph states that B is incorrect.

 

[Benman44]

I can see the answer being B or D, depending how you fold the pieces (towards you, or away from you). If you fold it towards you then the answer seems to be B, but if you fold it away from you it seems to be D. Unless there's a rule where you only fold it towards one way? I haven't started studying for the DAT or anything yet so I'm not too familiar with the directions.

like i said earlier, you can go either direction but in B's case the right side has the 2 L shape peices together one gray 1 white. one of them is not proportional to what it should be ( it should be a thinner L than it is) so B would not work.. its in his explanations down below. now the other reason he talks about i dont get that one lol.

 

[DesertSonata]

In the patter folding section, they always give you an unfolded object with the sides (faces) that must show externally. Therefore, upon folding, all sides must be shown in the outside. That's why it can't be B and must be D. I hope that made sense.

 

[UCB05]

In the patter folding section, they always give you an unfolded object with the sides (faces) that must show externally. Therefore, upon folding, all sides must be shown in the outside. That's why it can't be B and must be D. I hope that made sense.

^This. There's no folding toward you. It's pattern folding - imagine doing this with an actual piece of paper. How do you know what the design is on the underside? It could be rainbow swirlies for all you know. Folding it away from you gets you the right answer.

 

[Kobebucsfan]

^This. There's no folding toward you. It's pattern folding - imagine doing this with an actual piece of paper. How do you know what the design is on the underside? It could be rainbow swirlies for all you know. Folding it away from you gets you the right answer.

so the hockey stick always has to face right ?

b/c if u fold it to the right, the hockey stick makes a backward L.

 

[UCB05]

so the hockey stick always has to face right ?

b/c if u fold it to the right, the hockey stick makes a backward L.

Yes, when folded and oriented correctly. If you fold it up and to the right the L part is now on the inside of the block. There won't be a backward L. There won't be anything. It's just incorrect.

 

[Jackson-Ave-Dental]

In B:

The front-most trapezoid...
- The white L is facing the wrong direction... you can't just shift that around. This is error one

Besides, even if we assume that the front trapezoid figure is right...
- The rectangle to the right of the front trapezoid has the wrong side.
* It should have a small white square at the top left. This is error two



Rule of thumb is to fold into the page.
- Also, I like to to start off by looking at the front shape to see if it is correct, if its not then I don't bother checking the rest of the sides.
~> B+C should be immediately eliminated because the trapezoid is completely wrong!

- If it is right then I proceed to check a second side to see if it matches. (A+D)

You can figure out the rest 👍

 

[sap1622]

the way I did it was to imagine folding the sides to the bottom (into the paper) and then turning it to the correct orientation. hope that helps?!