Whats the answer to this PAT problem?

[EastCoastDentist]

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Did this free online practise test with Kaplan. The PAT was incredibly easy but I got this problem wrong. I answered B but the correct answer is A. Can anyone explain this to me? Wouldn't there be hidden lines in the top view if the answer was A?

Thanks

 

[8_man]

I'm gonna guess B

edit: and i got it wrong ok lets see...

edit edit: nope, still see B. Maybe I've gone blind.

 

[8_man]

here's what I see, and B looks right (unless they changed the PAT rules, then idk)

 

[artist2022]

Viola. Used my super fab artistic skills 😉 Hopefully this makes sense though. The purple covers the blue line, and since solid triumphs over dashed, it is shown as a solid line on the end view. This is my interpretation of it, and looks to be how A is correct.

 

[8_man]

Viola. Used my super fab artistic skills 😉 Hopefully this makes sense though. The purple covers the blue line, and since solid triumphs over dashed, it is shown as a solid line on the end view. This is my interpretation of it, and looks to be how A is correct.
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Seems that both A and B are possible solutions. Looks like Kaplan dropped the ball on this one

 

[8_man]

Wait, but now that I look closely again, how did you incorporate the dashed lines found in the end view? AHA 😕

Let me know if that's not how dashed lines work anymore (I think it did when I took it)

 

[FeralisExtremum]

Either way the question isn't internally consistent - in the top view the slope ends less than halfway across the width of the smaller rectangular piece on the right (indicated by the blue line I added). According to the side view in A, the slope extends more than halfway across the width of that smaller rectangular piece.

It's not possible for A to be correct here either.

 

[DAT Destroyer]

Viola. Used my super fab artistic skills 😉 Hopefully this makes sense though. The purple covers the blue line, and since solid triumphs over dashed, it is shown as a solid line on the end view. This is my interpretation of it, and looks to be how A is correct.
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🙂 The artist...always ready to help!