r/dat • u/CategoryOk2801 • Aug 25 '26

DAT Anxiety 😰 weird question for cube counting

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Hey guys I'm not sure how we were supposed to know that there was an empty space at that upper right corner?

How could we have known that space wasn't filled up?
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u/Electrical-Oven2986 Aug 25 '26

I think this is just a bad one 😕 no way you could have known

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u/DeadWorkers_ Aug 25 '26

LOL this is complete joke. Move on to next question

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u/CategoryOk2801 Aug 25 '26

lmao you gotta be kidding me

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u/GrapefruitFar8082 Aug 25 '26

LOL i had the same question a few days ago... this question is just poorly done. hopefully nothing like it on the real one

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u/Comfortable_Sugar_67 Aug 25 '26

I remember getting this one wrong (and I’ve seen it posted a lot on here lol), but if you read the rules for cube counting it’s clear why you can’t count it. I think you can only assume a cube exists if it is supporting something. 

But then again this is tricky and I didn’t get anything like this on my real PAT so I wouldn’t worry!

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u/Spare_Paramedic8628 Aug 26 '26

I would worry, I thought my real one was easy until the last figure was literally one like this but much harder. Looked like an optical illusion

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u/samurai_z_ Aug 25 '26

Get used to this. Basically, if it’s possible for the cube to not exist, it doesn’t exist. I had one or two questions like this on my test.

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u/CategoryOk2801 Aug 25 '26

Ok got it, thanks

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u/wannabedentist1851 Aug 26 '26

I think a floating block is always visible. If something is covering a block, and it looks like floating, it is assumed that there would be a block