Sunday, April 12, 2020

Drafter's Puzzle #2

A solid figure cut out of a cube looks like this in 2 dimensions when viewed from the front, back, and top.  Notice that it has a horizontal edge visible from the front but not from the top.  What could the solid look like?


Notice that it cannot look like this.  Otherwise we would see an edge from the top too!


What does the solid look like?  There are various possibilities.

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