a² + b² = c². If that side panel is a right-triangle, and if that angle is 30°, then the legs labelled 6" and 12" can't both be right.
» Alternatively, the legs can be 6" and 12", but then the angle marked 30° isn’t 30°.
Show this to a 10th-grader taking geometry, or an 11th-grader who passed geometry last year. They can tell you what's wrong.
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» Reminiscent of Escher’s “Ascending and Descending,” based on Penrose stairs.
BTW, this is a diagram for a calf-raise block given out by a physical therapy office.
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