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Algebra.Com's Answer #698825 by Edwin McCravy(20060)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "In all the figures below, all the black lines can be seen by you,\r\n" );
document.write( "the reader.  The green lines cannot be seen by you, the reader\r\n" );
document.write( "Neither can the dotted red lines be seen by you, the reader.\r\n" );
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document.write( "If we place the knife or saw along the edge closest to you, and\r\n" );
document.write( "cut down toward the back bottom vertex, along the two red dotted lines,\r\n" );
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document.write( "then we will have these two pieces:\r\n" );
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document.write( "The piece on the left has 4 faces, and the piece on the\r\n" );
document.write( "right has 5 faces, making a total of 9 faces.\r\n" );
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